Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: madcrow on January 01, 2008, 05:57:07 pm
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Anybody know how to kill these little kritters? I sparayed with raid and it seemed to tick them off. The reason I ask is because I had a deer hide from a very large (240 lb.) whitetail that I was going to use for some projects. I had basically made rawhide, but left the hair on to line a quiver and other stuff. I opened up the bag and found a bunch of beetles and a pile of hair. The hide was distroyed. Them I checked another bag that had two grocery bags full of processed sinew in it. They were all in it munching away. Any ideas on how to get rid of them? I know they multiply quick. I would like to alvage as much os the sinew as possible.
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freeze the sinew . any bugs or eggs will die off. not sure how to kill the ones you cant freeze
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Any chance of those little rascals coming back to life after the sinew is thawed and used? I would hate to biuld a bow and have them come crawling out of it a few days later.
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Bleach the sinew. About 1 tablespoon for a gallon of water will kill them. Justin
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Stop feeding them! ;D Pat
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i had a deer with a bad case of lice and loaded with ticks. froze the hideand it worked. the rest i did in witha torch
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Borax usually works on the liitle buggers.
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I keep all my hides and turkey feathers in the freezer. Sinew too, keeps it away from the dogs and squirrels.