Preventing Ticks While Hiking

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There are lots of bugs out there, and there are very few of them that many of us want crawling over our body; but out of all these bugs, ticks are definitely some of the worst! After all, ticks not only crawl on your body, but they also try to make their home on your body. They live off of your blood, and they can be nearly impossible to get rid of once they have made a home! After all, even after you pluck a tick off your body, it will continue to harm you - and you can only kill them by burning them or drowning them. Because of this, the best way to not have ticks making their way around your body is to keep them off you altogether!

Of course, you will have no real problem staying away from ticks if you do not have pets and if you are not the "outdoorsy" type. If, on the other hand, you enjoy hiking and camping, you should follow these tips, and it will not be as difficult to keep them off as it normally would be.

Firstly, know that there are two places where you are likely to get ticks: from trees, and from tall grass. Although you can hardly avoid trees if you are hiking or camping, you can cut in half the chances of tick exposure by avoiding jaunts through tall grass.

Wearing pants and long sleeves is also important, and even though you might think this will make you too hot in the summer, there are actually plenty of "performance apparel" items in which you can still stay cool. At the very least, you should keep the lower half of your body protected by making sure you wear pants.

You can also keep away everything from ticks to mosquitos to gnats to chiggers to fleas by using such bug sprays as Sawyer Maxi Deet Insect Repellent.

If you spray this on your exposed skin before heading out into the great outdoors, you will be in much better shape to ward off ticks!

Of course, you should still give your body a thorough check when you get home - even if you have taken these measures; but you should be fine, as long as you have followed these tips.