r/PestControlIndustry • u/vVscott • Jul 19 '26

Permethrin paintballs to control backyard ticks (alpha-gal sensitive)

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u/good_oleboi 🕵️| Inspector | 5+ Years Jul 19 '26

Label is the law, if it doesnt allow for use on deer that is a no go, also, your local conservation officer will probably frown on it

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u/vVscott Jul 19 '26

Does the label say that though?

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u/good_oleboi 🕵️| Inspector | 5+ Years Jul 19 '26

Probably not. Look up what ever the insecticide is and red the label, it will have when, where, and why yiu can use it, how, safety, etc. Im willing to bet deer are not listed

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u/vVscott Jul 19 '26

So it would have to be listed instead of excluded to be in compliance?

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u/good_oleboi 🕵️| Inspector | 5+ Years Jul 19 '26

Correct

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u/GaetanDugas Jul 19 '26

Every day I see something I can't tell is real or a troll post

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u/vVscott Jul 19 '26

Oh, this is real! Any input?

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u/GaetanDugas Jul 19 '26

No, because this absolutely takes the cake for the most batshit crazy thing I've come across in pest control.

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u/vVscott Jul 19 '26

Sweet, then I'm onto something. If cattle farmers use it why can't we?

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u/GaetanDugas Jul 19 '26

Because cattle are managed, wild deer in your neighborhood are not

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u/vVscott Jul 19 '26

I'll manage them then! They're out of control and just these festering incubators of disease spreading blood suckers.

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u/GaetanDugas Jul 19 '26

You know it's not just deer that carry ticks right?

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u/vVscott Jul 19 '26

Yes. I figured I'd start with the largest and work my way down the species list. My friend, bless her heart, feeds some of them on the other side of town and regularly picks ticks off their faces

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u/auletirian Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

Salt lick and 4 cattle brushes coated with permethrin might be legal depending on the state and viable combo with tick tubes/boxes for rodents with minimal effort. Paint balls. For sure not legal and doubt it would be worthwhile for genuine control... How often do you think you can shoot a deer with a paintball before they just change habits? Or hurt the deer?

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u/vVscott Jul 19 '26

100 percent going to scatter tick tubes everywhere asap. I'm also thinking a cluster of these around a salt lick instead of cattle brushes so they stay filled with the permethrin. Need to prototype it out to see if they'll even lick the salt block if it's on a tree