Chiggers.. Almost nothing worse

Permethrin treated clothes.

campho phenique for the bites.

They are not fun

I use the Sawyer's permethrin spray on my pants, boots, and socks. Works pretty well for me.

I agree that there is almost nothing worse. A few years ago I was laying on my back in pine needles to shoot at squirrels cutting the cones. I ended up with chiggers on just about every part of my body. The most miserable week of my life.

If you live in chigger country you will eventually get immune to them.I live on family land where my grandfather farmed,my Dad was raised.We visited at intervals,as I got older spent more time there fishing,hunting roaming the woods.Would aways get chiggers(we called them red bugs).
Eventually we built a house and moved there,would spray the yard for ticks and chiggers but when I went in the woods I would get them.
After about a year I never got them anymore.

I always wondered why my grandparents never got them.

Be sure to follow the directions for Permethrin. I started out just spraying my clothes when I got to my spot. Found out later it’s best to spray your clothes the night before and let them dry. And it works for weeks, even through wash cycles. I think it’s very harmful to cats too. And it gives you Parkinson’s so if nothing else, eventually you’ll shake off the ticks & chiggers.

Get permethrin in the yellow spray bottle. Deep woods and sprays like that have never worked for chiggers for me personally. I spray all of my turkey hunting clothes down with permethrin about 1-2 days before hunting and then spray down my boots before going hunting and it has worked great.

I’ve had Deep Woods Off work

Duck Dynasty's Godwin says if you put a dog flea collar on your leg they will leave you alone.

One drop of nail polish on each bite

Grandfather used to be a big turkey hunter when he was alive. He swore by the cup of bleach in the bathwater to treat chiggers. No idea if it really works.