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Post by bobo on Oct 3, 2011 3:47:57 GMT -5
I would like to know how other trappers treat thier fur for fleas and lice.Do you treat before you skin ? Do you treat after you skin?Do you treat them at all ?What do you use? Thanks Bob
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Post by alwright on Oct 3, 2011 4:58:01 GMT -5
If I get one that's really covered put the unskinned carrcus in a large plastic trash bag and fog it good with Raid flea and tick outdoor spray. Never have seemed to affect the fur. I think alot of them varmits leave the animal when they cool off IMO. But I have froze deer hides to work on later and when thawed had ticks crawling out, at first couldn't figure where the ticks was comming from but guess they go inactive in the cold.
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Post by cmustard on Oct 3, 2011 5:47:03 GMT -5
Alwright; I do exactly the same on grey fox here. The greys seem to be covered with fleas at times and I always carry large trash bags and flea spray in my truck just for this. Ticks! Well, like you say, ticks seem nearly indestructable and freezer does seem to help some but not completely. I think we just have to live with them. I have seem them buried so deep in a coyote hide that after you skinned the yote, you could see part of the tick on the inside of the pelt.
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Post by ewoktrapper on Oct 3, 2011 6:06:54 GMT -5
Bob
I spray them down also...I use Adams.Stuff is amazing.Been use'n it for 10 years now.
When you look for flea and tick spray you need to have (Pyrethrins) in the ingredients.All the vets sprays have Pyrethrins in them..Need it to be around 15 to 20 %.It will kill those little ticks within 2 min.
Adams is alittle pricey but worth every dime........
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Post by mark572 on Oct 3, 2011 7:33:18 GMT -5
I to use the raid same as above plastic bag fog the bag and seal off !! works like a charm !
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Post by lyonch on Oct 3, 2011 8:04:27 GMT -5
I have always just hung them up by the back feet, and right before i skin i spray the crotch area with raid and then start skinning.
There is more to fleas than just in the fur shed. I shot a red fox last season in october out in Montana and well when i was carrying it back to the truck (about 1/2 mile) i noticed them little buggers crawling up my arm and jumping all over the place. Needless to say the whole day out hunting in that truck was uncomforatbale scratching and trying to kill them little buggers. The worse part was that i shot and drug the fox on the first stand of the day!!
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Post by Law Dog on Oct 3, 2011 8:09:16 GMT -5
I keep a (powder area) were I can toss my critters on the dust at the end of the day and skin the next! I use Seven dust as it can "cloud" a critter by dropping it in the dust area and adding to the top! I check one day and skin the next so I have no bug issues when skinning. The dust area also keeps the bugs from crawling off and becoming a issue with the pets around the place!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2011 11:52:42 GMT -5
For the past half dozen years I've been using a flea & tick upholstery spray. Following the spray's instructions for upholstery and human contact, I just give the animal a few sprays and a quick rub-in and within an hour I'm good to skin and every critter is dead. I never liked using Raid or a similar aerosol in a garbage bag due to breathing in the blow-back. I worked an entire career at Dow Chemical and was just smart enough to have learned how and when to take precautions.
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Post by dtraper on Oct 3, 2011 13:30:52 GMT -5
Im takin Law Dog advice this yr. and buildin a powder area,anit going thru the fleas and ticks, I say bad words trying to skin with fleas and ticks crawin across my arms and hands while trying to skin-D-
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Post by bobo on Oct 7, 2011 7:56:23 GMT -5
Thanks For All The Input Guys.I really appreciate it !!(So does my wife)LOL.. Bob
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Post by Larry Gene Pate on Oct 7, 2011 8:44:00 GMT -5
I agree with Alan,I think most fleas jump off once the body cools down!!Larry
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