Hunting clothes, Mango Worms, and need to iron clothes after line drying. Is the new non cotton hunting apparel going to give you Mango Worms?

[Dewald]

Mark, I’d also be surprised if visitors took this home.

I think infested is a strong word. They do occur. I meant to type Northern KZN, Mpumalanga and Limpopo in my previous post. Sorry for the confusion.

I quickly asked my secretary to look at the billing program, and 12 cases come up so far since October 2022. That is the Empangeni area in Zululand. I’m good friends with our local vet and will ask his stats as well

 

[Dawg2019]

I sprayed all my hunting clothes with Sawyer Permethrin spray before leaving home. My wife and I didn’t have any issues.

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[Ryan]

After a dozen years on this site and plenty of other souces of information about African hunting aside from here I can honestly say I have read exactly one story of someone being infected with a mango/bot/warble fly larva. This one. He got it as a kid under just the right (or wrong) circumstances during the wetter summer months. Should I be aware? Sure. Am I losing much sleep over it? Nope.

Weighing the odds I'm going to be far more concerned and cautious about ticks, checking myself and clothing periodically.

You want to see a crazy bot larva infestation you should see the dozens, if not hundreds of welts I've seen on a caribou hide in August. The bot fly in the arctic infect them in the summer and drop off mid to later summer.

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

My wife spent her first 25 years in Africa. She is from an affluent family which had a access to better medical care than more Africans regardless of race. She lost her three older adult sisters to African diseases and medical misdiagnoses. It may be rare but African shtt can kill you!

Knowing this, I will wear all cotton and not tempt fate.

 

[BeeMaa]

I sprayed all my hunting clothes with Sawyer Permethrin spray before leaving home. My wife and I didn’t have any issues.

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Check this stuff out...
https://www.amazon.com/FMC-Dragnet-SFR-Insecticide-quart/dp/B00GLER95S/ref=sr_1_4?crid=RB6C0MHWU5OK&keywords=permethrin+sfr+36.8+concentrate&qid=1677409727&sprefix=Permethrin+SFR+36.8%,aps,52&sr=8-4

Sawyer is 0.5% permethrin and cost about $15/quart, this stuff is 36.8% permethrin and cost $43/quart that you dilute down to 0.5%. Save quite a bit of money.

Best method I've found is to mix up a gallon of 0.5%. Place your clothes in a large zip top bag. Add just enough of the mix to get your clothes wet. Force the air out of the bag, seal it and work in the mix to the clothes. Let them sit overnight. Remove from the bag and hang dry (but not in the sun). The best part is not inhaling the mist from the trigger spray.

Getting ready to do this now for turkey season hunting.

 

[Challer]

I sprayed all my hunting clothes with Sawyer Permethrin spray before leaving home. My wife and I didn’t have any issues.

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If possible, once cloths are clean, rewash with just water and permethrin. Much better protection. And where available nothing beats DEET

 

[rookhawk]

Humorous pattern on AH:

1.) I don’t want cotton safari clothes, I want what I want.

2.) I bought synthetic plastic hunting clothes

3.) The hospitality team on safari ironed them!

<insert picture of hunter wearing plastic shrinky-dink>

 

[Hogpatrol]

The odds are infinitesimal but never wear synthetic clothes on an airplane. Second on the permethrin. Buy it at a farm supply store like Tractor Supply, fill a bucket with the mix, soak them and hunt worry free.

 

[Firebird]

Or just hunt where there aren’t mango worms-your ph will happily advise you-

 

[Aaron N]

The odds are infinitesimal but never wear synthetic clothes on an airplane. Second on the permethrin. Buy it at a farm supply store like Tractor Supply, fill a bucket with the mix, soak them and hunt worry free.

Why shouldn’t you wear synthetics on a plane? Aside from a fire risk melting them to your skin. But in all honesty, chances are if I’m in that situation, clothes melted to me would be my least concern.

 

[Hogpatrol]

Why shouldn’t you wear synthetics on a plane? Aside from a fire risk melting them to your skin. But in all honesty, chances are if I’m in that situation, clothes melted to me would be my least concern.

Melting to your skin is the answer. With the lithium battery's problems on aircraft, one never knows when the guy sitting next to you has a Samsung igniting and on fire while you're asleep. As I said, the odds are infinitesimal but after flying a bug smasher for twenty years, cotton was all I wore. YMMV.

 

[Aaron N]

Melting to your skin is the answer. With the lithium battery's problems on aircraft, one never knows when the guy sitting next to you has a Samsung igniting and on fire while you're asleep. As I said, the odds are infinitesimal but after flying a bug smasher for twenty years, cotton was all I wore. YMMV.

Wasn’t even considering a small battery fire.

You never know what’ll happen!