Poison Oak [Archive] - Jesse's Hunting & Outdoors Forum. Southern California Hunting

sparky (akaT2)

04-02-2005, 07:24 PM

Take a cold shower as soon as possible after exposure. Wash with Technu and then with soap. Wash all your gear,truck etc with technu and soap and water. if you get a rash, go to the local pharmacy and buy some Zanfel. It's about 30-40 bucks for like 2 oz. but it is the closest thing to a miracle cure that is out. And the best advice I can give you is , don't touch your weiner. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy, it is pure hell. If you get a bad case (see sentence above) go to the doctor and beg for a steroid shot. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-faces-toast-beers.gif

muskeg

04-02-2005, 07:42 PM

Don't scratch !!!!!

Some people don't get it at all .... some barely get it and some just have to look at it and their eyes swell shut.

I think probably with all the rain cali has got that the Poison Oak is wall to wall.

gonehunting

04-02-2005, 07:49 PM

just a note......I can role around in poison ivy and not get it, but I found out the hard way with poison oak that I can.....so for those of you who one doesn't effect you, doesn't mean the other can't either.

One false rumor is that scratching spreads it. That is only true if you still have the oil on you. It just seems to spread because the amount of oil concentration from different ares can appear later then others. technu like said before is good stuff, wash real good to get the oils off you as soon as possible with Technu, and hell as soon as I found out you can't spread it by scratching, I ain't gonna lie.....I was a scratchin mofo http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-ugly-lol-bashing-sign.gif but there are some good websites out there on this issue, they are worth a look

wello

04-02-2005, 08:24 PM

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What are your best cures and preventions?[/b]

Cheetos!! http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banana-man-yeah.gif http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-hitting-self.gif

Speckmisser

04-03-2005, 03:43 PM

No cure but time. There are a few good treatments for the itching. Maybe some of those high-powered steroid shots from the doc will help with itching and swelling, but as for a cure... ain't none.

For minor cases, I've found that I can take a scalding hot shower just before bed, and it gives me enough relief to get most of a night's sleep. A little Benedryl helps too, but makes it hard for me to sleep.

Immunity? No such thing. Take it from someone who has been "immune" for almost 40 years, until that one fateful day. If you've never had it, be glad. But don't push your luck... trust me.

My understanding is the best first treatment is cold water. But that's only gonna help if you can get it immediately. The oils run under your skin, so once you've got it it's too late. The good thing is, once you've bathed the oils off of your body, you're not contagious to anyone else, so don't let the significant other kick you out of bed. You can't give it away... no matter how much you may want to. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-devil.gif

The washing machine seems to work fine for getting it out of my clothes, and a good washing with the hose takes care of boots and any gear that might have got down in it. I do prefer to wash the clothes separately, just in case some makes it through the rinse cycle. If I give it to the family, I WILL be sleeping in the doghouse.

Scratching is bad, not because it spreads the poison, but because of tissue damage and the possibility of infection.

Best prevention? Stay out of it! Learn what it looks like at all times of year, because it can even get you when there are no leaves. Like this photo right here...

jjhack

04-03-2005, 03:59 PM

One of the reasons I posted this as I did was to alert folks that you can get it on your hands from the skin of a hog and then without knowing it itch your chin, cheeks, head, etc etc. then its going to be everyplace before you know it. JUst as another fella said gotta be especially careful if you plan to pee in the bush and it's on your fingers.

You will get it from ATV or truck tiresif you have driven through it. I pulled up a USAG web site that states the oils will remain a problem for up to 5 years off the plant if not washed with hot soapy water.

If you shoot a hog it's best to get the hide off with examination gloves. Since I use them to gut the hogs too it's not a problem for me. If you pack out a bear skin on a frame you can get it on the back of your neck or anyplace that hide touches you.

wello

04-03-2005, 04:40 PM

Take a wild guess where I am itching at... http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-hitting-self.gif

Went into the bush thursday.....You don't think it could be, do ya?

BGH831

04-03-2005, 06:31 PM

Poison oak is thick for sure. Anyone hear of oral-ivy?

jkvshooter

04-03-2005, 06:33 PM

Talk about being immune. Not!! I use to pride myself with being "immune" to poison oak. Down in Socal we have it in just about every creek. I have tried to shock friends by rubbing it all over me. Nothing happened. Well I live in Central Cal now and just got my first dose. I saw it. Knew what it was and sat right in it cause there was a big turkey coming my way and "that stuff doesn't bother me". Next morning rash rash rash. On my hip and butt cheek.
Question? Are there different strains? Why all of a sudden am I affected?

Best night time cure I found was Benadryl lotion. The pills do a number on me.

Thanks for all the info! very informative. Never had to pay attention to this stuff before.

jkvshooter

wello

04-04-2005, 02:33 AM

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And the best advice I can give you is , don't touch your weiner.[/b]

Wish this topic was put up earlier..I am on fire down there!!...Its not all over mind you and I am not blind but it is not a pleasant feeling lets just say.
Is it common for it to not show up for a few days? I mean I was joking with my cheetos post in here but then like bad karma came and bit me less then a day later. I for sure had washed my good hand a hundred times since Thursday...
Good thing the pattern matches my habitual #1 form...as my girl would have a cow if the evidence looked questionable... http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-hitting-self.gif

Haven't had poisen oak in long time, it must be a really bad year. One year my dad had it about every part of his body from control burning the stuff off some property. Took him along time to get rid of..
Now I'm itchin all over just thinking about it...

muledeer07

04-04-2005, 07:32 AM

35 years of wallowing in the stuff and never once got it down here is So Cal. Went hog hunting up in Central Cali a couple years ago and had to drag my sow out of the worst oak you ever seen. Arms legs covered. No body is immune. I agree Speck no cure. Any body know of any native american cures. They had to live in that stuff they had to have something that kept em from getting it.

jawtightener

04-04-2005, 07:40 AM

i think i am pretty much immune. not that i never got it or get it. i got it bad as a kid (noth'in abnormal though). our families place is filled with the stuff (it is unavoidable if you want to hunt). so i think i built up an immunity (if possible)? i can fall in it, roll around in it, cut wood with it around, and nuth'in anymore. unless the PO draws blood (a scratch) i won't get it. even when it i do get it from a scratch it doesn't really itch much and goes away in a day or so.
i dunno if it has to do with any sort of chemical change in my body as i got older or a built up immunity.
oak on the hog (not a pig) is the worst...

wmidbrook

04-04-2005, 08:45 AM

I've read only 50% of the population gets it. I've only had a "slight case" of it if you can call it that...I've cut it tons of it with chain saws getting poison oak dust all over my body, darned near rolled in it while hiking through it, burned it, etc.

Just once in the spring when cutting it did I get possibly a little patch of it with 1 little blister.....so, I consider myself lucky. It can cause nasty reactions.

jjhack

04-04-2005, 09:11 AM

I found this on the web in about every place I searched for Poison Oak info. The wording may be different one way or anther but the intent is the same.

"Q:Aren't Some People Immune?

A:There are only two kinds of people: Those who get Poison Oak, and those who are going to get it. In other words, though there are those who are immune to Poison Oak, their immunity does wear off with repeated exposure. Contrary to popular belief, the more you are exposed to poison oak, the worse the rash gets. You can't become used to it or immune from repeated exposure, the exact opposite is true.

Rancho Loco

04-04-2005, 09:18 AM

Not only do I use kitchen gloves to skin them out, I always use those cloth gloves with the blue rubber "grippy" palms and fingers to drag them out. Great gloves - whoever invented those deserves a million dollars.

I also make sure I strip my pants and as soon as the hunt is over and toss them in the back of the truck. If not, the oils would get on the drivers seat, and then next time I wear shorts when I'm driving - WHAM. I'll get lit up on the back of my legs.

Now if I could just teach the dogs to not go running through the stuff, and then rub up against me, or demand pets and belly rubs, I'll be allright. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-hitting-self.gif

Poison oak is really a remarkable plant. Grows in full sun or full shade, wet soil or dry, under oaks and rewoods, on hillsides, as a bush, vine and I've even seen what I would classify as a poison oak "tree" it was so big. Good thing roundup knocks it down pretty well.

Rancho Loco

04-04-2005, 09:29 AM

Hey JJ...What about South Africa? I know they have some pretty thorny acacia types out in the bush there, but anything like poison oak?

wmidbrook

04-04-2005, 09:39 AM

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Although 50% of the population is clinically sensitive to poison oak and poison ivy, about 75 to 85% can potentially develop an allergy if exposed to a sufficiently high concentration of the toxin. Once a reaction to the toxin has occurred, the body responds with a cell-mediated immunity, which is a delayed hypersensitivity. Those individuals who have developed delayed hypersensitivity are sensitive to the toxin and repeated exposures further increase sensitivity. Conversely, long periods with no exposure will reduce an individual’s susceptibility to the allergen. There is no known difference in sensitivity to poison oak among races or between sexes. Animals do not usually suffer skin irritation from contact with poison oak because they are protected by fur; dogs, however, can contact poison oak on their nose or underbelly. On the other hand, livestock may graze on the tender foliage with no adverse effects.[/b]

From a different source....UCD usually has good info too:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7431.html

Anyway, since I got a very minor case, I'm in the 75% - 85% group that was insensitive to it but my days of reaction-free playing in the poison oak are numbered...

Rancho Loco

04-04-2005, 09:48 AM

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On the other hand, livestock may graze on the tender foliage with no adverse effects.[/b]

Ya - Goats eat the stuff like candy. Another good way to keep it knocked down. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-bowdown-purple.gif

Orygun

04-06-2005, 01:19 PM

Technu, most definately, use it as soon as you know you've gone through and as soon as you can wash it off. I used to carry a tube industrial barrier cream designed for keeping a variety of oils off your skin. The problem is that it would clog pores and you would overheat quickly. I used it only when I had to go through the stuff and couldn't get around it. The other probleem is that it looks like, well it's white and creamy.

Kenalog - Steriod spray. Keeps the swelling down.

Benadryl - I have the opposite problem of Speck. it puts me out for the night within an hour or two

Cortisoid shots - I have been given these on severe cases. Bad for the heart but the worst of the rash is gone in a day or two.

If you usually go a few showers between changing towels, don't. Each time you get out of the shower use a fresh towel. Don't take a bath you'll just be sitting in the oil.

I have some from last weekend, hit a vine against a fir tree I was chain sawing.

I've seen gawdawful stuff all over Cal and Western Oregon. The worse kind, the stuff you can't see. Scariest place is the open "grassy" hills facing the ocean where the road through Hunter Liggett goes meets 101. The hills are blanketed in foot high plants. Slipped there and your done for.

Wash your gear after a trip chasing hogs, especially your boots.

Franklin3

04-06-2005, 01:23 PM

Burning poison oak is akin to suicide.
Oils from the plant enter the lungs and you think it's bad when you get it on your boys you ain't seen nothin!
You'll be doing serious hospital time if you breath the smoke from burning Poison Oak.

BDB

04-06-2005, 02:02 PM

I'm dealing with a nice case of that evil crap right now after last weekends trip to Choppers. Damn I hate that stuff !!!

wmidbrook

04-06-2005, 02:16 PM

And you can get it from animals licking after they eat it so don't let the goats lick ya. My dad's family found a female fawn. As a young doe it would like to lick people like a dog would. It also liked to eat poison oak. So, more than one person got licked by poison oak back when.....lol

Anyway, no laughing matter....I hope you get over the stuff soon

....the only native remedy I heard of was using a soapy bulb from a plant I don't know the name of to wash. The bulb was also used to poison fish by the maidu's since it coats a fish's gills--they belly up for good eatin' soon afterwards. I don't know if it works or not but that's what I heard back when...wash up with that bulb if you didn't have soap after tromping through the poison oak. Anyway, the plant kind of looks like a wild iris but without the flowers. And it does create a lot of soap that can be used to wash up. The bulb is contained in a "husk" like fibrous material that looks exactly like the insides of a coconut husk...all stringy brown fibers encasing the bulb.

BLASTMASTER

04-06-2005, 03:31 PM

I don't get the poison oak rash, but this is what my dad does:

Scrubs hard with soapy water, dries it off real well, and then sprays it with hairspray (the old fashioned kind with alcohol). And he says it first exposes the area, and then the hairspray seals it from air to help the itch, and the alcohol in the hairspray dries up the oils.

I don't know, but he thinks it works.

SierraExplorer

04-06-2005, 09:07 PM

I am almost over my bout of it for the 12 days. I started taking Prednazone (oral steroid) as soon as I got home from Choppers last 28th- and kept putting Ivy Stat on it.

I was able to ward off it's migration to the homestead. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-faces-toast-beers.gif But I bloated like a dead calf and got sunburned to snot. I now have oozing welts on leggs and arms where I was bitten from horseflys in the desart last weekend.

The best part about gettting it- If you are not in the mood- neither is the wife. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-cool-shades-down.gif

MJB

04-07-2005, 12:35 PM

I run with a drinking club java script:emoticon(':toast-yellow:')
smilie about 5 times a week through the stuff in So Cal. I've seen it all!
The key is stay away! If not possible, use Technu BEFORE and after, and then strip your clothes off. Wash yourself/dog with rubbing alcohol, simple green, or dish soap (strong oil cutters).
One last thought, I know the Doc said it does not spread, but I swear it can if bad enough so be careful.

crodog

04-07-2005, 03:28 PM

Baking soda mixed with a little water. Make a past out of it and apply!! Let it dry out....Do this two to three times daily. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-wnk-yellow.gif

What we do on the Cali. cost is,we go down to the beach and swim in the ocean..it works and it works fast. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-bowdown-purple.gif

I'v tryed to put salt in the bath tub, but it just doesn't work.. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-hitting-self.gif

feelinducky

04-07-2005, 03:40 PM

I've had a native american remedy, something to do with summer time mistletoe mixed into a paste, I'll try to find the recipe.
http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cross-fingers.gif

JustAl

04-07-2005, 06:52 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I have a hunt coming up in June with Tom Willoughby, anybody know if there is a bunch of poison oak on his ranch or of someone who has gotten poison oak while hunting with Tom?

I was hunting on a ranch with a friend of mine. The place had a healthy population of poison oak. I didn't have a good sense of what it looked like, but my friend was very good about pointing it out to me. Just about anything resembling the stuff got avoided for the rest of the day. I was sure hoping I wouldn't have to worry about it while hunting with Willoughby.

BDB

04-08-2005, 08:33 AM

I have never hunted with him or seen his ranch but if I remember correctly it is in Central CA right? I would say you have about 100% chance of poison oak on the ranch, hopefully he'll know where it is thickest and avoid it.

Rancho Loco

04-08-2005, 12:57 PM

Ya, but that doesn't mean the pigs avoid it. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-devil.gif

In fact, it seems that if they have some run left in them after getting shot they'll always go for the thickest, nastiest pile of poison oak to hole up in and croak.

Just remember: "Leaf of three, leave it be". Also remember PO has shiny leaves compared to fuzzy bramble leaves.
It's easy to spot under oak trees, because there's only a couple of plants that can really thrive under them. In the summer, the leaves will turn bright red.

Mebbe I should go out to the back part of my property to take some pix of the stuff. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-help-green.gif

spectr17

04-08-2005, 10:08 PM

Just got done rolling in it at choppers. I used to be highly allergic to poisin ivy back in MO but now I just get a lil bit on my finger for a few days and it's gone with the poison oak here in Ca.

This trip I got a little on my forehead. Visions of the elelphant man and maybe plastic surgery when I first saw it in the mirror but it's gone down already.

I used to have to get the shots every summer, man that was bad news. Miserable for at least a week in the hot summer. Yuck

wello

04-09-2005, 04:46 AM

Maybe I should read this darn thread for all the advice as it hurts real bad in past my junk... http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-crying-blue.gif

novishunter

04-15-2005, 11:36 AM

http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-bag-on-head.gif
I have bad allergic reactions with poison oak and I mean really bad. I can smell poison oaks a mile away. My childrens will not recognize me when my face swells up and in most cases, it always begin around my eyes. They would said that I look like Freddy Cougar! The slightlest wind driven oil will cause me to swell up. I cannot even take a dip in the cool streams during the hot august hunt in A zone. However I have overcome this handicap of mine.... what I do is order a years supply of Prednisone (mexico & canada) and whenever I go out ot the woods (lower elevation) I would pop 2 pills and I can walk through patches of poison oak without having any reactions. By the time I get my prescriptions from the doctor it is too late.
I've been poison oak free for the past 3 years since Prednisone. I won't leave home without it!

Novis

wrhinehart

04-15-2005, 11:56 AM

Remember the saying..in regards to the number of leaves you see on a plant.

"IF IT'S GOT THREE...LET IT BE!!"

I've never seen so much poison oak as this year. It's everywhere!!

I've got it now.
It's not too bad because I used Tecnu about 4 hours after exposure.

Bill

spectr17

04-15-2005, 12:43 PM

Tec LAbs has a new product out called Tecnu Extreme. The sales rep says it works if you've already got the rash. It may be a few weeks until this hits the stores.

We're going to add the TecNu and other Tec LAbs products to the JHO Store since they are recommended by many who have dealt with the poison oak.

More info on Tecnu

http://www.teclabsinc.com/products.html

wrhinehart

04-15-2005, 01:12 PM

Thanks Jesse. I'll make sure to purchase it from here.

You always have been and for ever will be a helper to us in the outdoor community.

Bill

P.S. Guys....support the JHO store...I do!!

pappy

04-15-2005, 02:05 PM

getting poison oak is not limited to hogs.....you can get it from you favorite hunting dog also.....the dog hunts through the stuff, the oily stuff gets on your dog, you pet or hug your dog, YOU GOT IT....I DID.....wash your pet before you hug them too......good luck and be safe out there...Pappy http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-ani.gif

Zimm

04-15-2005, 02:05 PM

I got it at Choppers, dragging Hogzilla JR thru the oak. It started off real mellow with just a few spots on my arms early last week, but here I am almost 2 weeks later and its spreading like wild-fire!!!!!!

And no, ass slinger, I haven't been back in the woods or to your favorite gay bar.

HELP, Zimm

PS: Doc visit for a shot a no-can-do...needle phobia. I am hoping someone can give a remedy I can get on-line from Mex or something.

BDB

04-15-2005, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by Zimm@Apr 15 2005, 02:05 PM
I got it at Choppers, dragging Hogzilla JR thru the oak. It started off real mellow with just a few spots on my arms early last week, but here I am almost 2 weeks later and its spreading like wild-fire!!!!!!

And no, ass slinger, I haven't been back in the woods or to your favorite gay bar.

HELP, Zimm

PS: Doc visit for a shot a no-can-do...needle phobia. I am hoping someone can give a remedy I can get on-line from Mex or something.
"dragging" huh, is that what you call it ??? http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-cool-shades-down.gif

Oral prednezone will help. I have a prescription (the wifes actually since she is super allergic) that is a steroid cream. I used it after choppers when I started to break out and it did a great job of stopping itching and minimizing the break out. Sorry, can't remember the name. Short of prescription stuff, take benadryl, soak in an oatmeal type bath, you can buy it at Walgreens. Also the pink cream you can put on, I forget the name but it works OK. No cure man, just try to manage the itching. Oh, and keep it in your pants next time http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-sideways-laff-aqua.gif http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-sideways-laff-aqua.gif

Gyopo

04-15-2005, 02:25 PM

[QI have a prescription (the wifes actually since she is super allergic) that is a steroid cream. I used it after choppers when I started to break out and it did a great job of stopping itching and minimizing the break out. Sorry, can't remember the name.UOT][/QUOTE]

I think Barroid Bonds called it Flaxseed oil.

Zimm

04-15-2005, 02:51 PM

Steve, what are you talking about? That hog was a monster, he just smoked a lot when he was young and it stunted his growth a little http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-hitting-self.gif

I need names of the sh!t medicine, so I can order it...can you ask the wife and let me know?

Thanks bro!!!

Zimm http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cross-fingers.gif

BDB

04-15-2005, 03:12 PM

Ah well, I tried, I think you missed my intention in the first line. Oh well, no matter. I will read the tube tonight if I can, it's pretty scrunched up right now, and post up the name of the cream. Any doctor should be able to percribe a steroid cream to help with the itching. Wouldn't be the first time would it Zimm ?? http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-cool-shades-down.gif http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-sideways-laff-aqua.gif J/K bud http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-faces-toast-beers.gif

easymoney

04-15-2005, 04:20 PM

Lot's of great info...
Jesse is very correct on Technu, and it is the best stuff out there is, period. The oil from the poison oak is the cuprit, once it is on your animals, tools, gun, clothes, etc, you need to wash it off ASAP. It doesn't wear off by it self or time. I don't get it but my wife and daughter pick it up from the dogs or my tools.
Once you have the symptoms of the deadly oak, use Dermpax HC. It stops the itch and gets clears up the oak in a few days. Calamine and the others don't clear up the symptoms for weeks.

Rancho Loco

04-15-2005, 05:55 PM

I was just wading through it wednesday up at a property in Boulder Creek...Thirteen acres of dead in the water pick-up trucks, buses, vans, and various other mechanical devices all covered with poison oak. I've never seen so much of the stuff.
Nothing worth dragging away...As soon as I got home I took off all my clothes with kitchen tongs and slathered the technu creme.

I'm clean this time. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cross-fingers.gif

JustAl

04-15-2005, 11:02 PM

I'm curious, for those of you guys that got poison oak or have it, is it from touching the hog or walking through the brush? It seems like a lot of you guys like to blaze your own trail through the bush.

For those of you who have hunted with Tom Willoughby, did you do a lot of blazing your own trail or did you follow existing trails? I don't mean to sound like a sissy, but I can't afford to get the stuff. Choppers sounds like a sure way to get it. How many have gotten Poison oak while hunting with Tom?

Rancho Loco

04-15-2005, 11:15 PM

The oil from the leaves and broken stems is very fugitive.

Hogs spend most of the day and night running through the stuff...You shoot one, and then drag it out. Along the way you take a leak...Guess who's not going to be having much fun for awhile? You have just grabbed a handful of oil off the dead hog's hair and then spread it on your hootus and who knows where else.

The same thing can happen if your dog (or mine http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-rolleyes-green.gif ) runs through it and then later you pet the pup, and then rub your eyes and nose.

Just consider the stuff radioactive. If you brush against it, you just spread radioactivity to your skin or clothes. If you throw your radioactive clothes on the chair at home in the evening - that chair is now radioactive.

It's quite a amazing plant. Did you all know you can buy the stuff in flats to plant for erosion control and native rehabitat plantings? http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-hair-raisin-blue.gif

SierraExplorer

04-15-2005, 11:16 PM

Originally posted by JustAl@Apr 15 2005, 11:02 PM
How many have gotten Poison oak while hunting with Tom?

I never have- But then again I never have had the pleasure of shaking the hand of any red/ozzing/tearry eyed/bow-legged person that has not hunted on Choppers in person after the hunt. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-hitting-self.gif

Does he hunt/stalk wearing runner flyfishing waders? Or is he that sacraficial?? http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-faces-toast-beers.gif

I am looking foreward to growing my Lumps at Choppers again this fall http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/beer-toast.gif (Even thinking of forgoing rifle deer to get back up their. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-cool-shades-down.gif - well mabey a week or 3 attempts for rifle deer. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-hitting-self.gif )

BDB

04-16-2005, 09:37 AM

Originally posted by Zimm@Apr 15 2005, 02:51 PM
I need names of the sh!t medicine, so I can order it...can you ask the wife and let me know?

Thanks bro!!!

Zimm http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cross-fingers.gif
The stuff I have is called:

Fluocinonide Cream USP, 0.05%

Disclaimer: The stuff works for me. Milage for others may vary.

BDB

04-16-2005, 09:40 AM

JustAl: Pretty much all of California below about 4 or 5 thousand feet is swimming in the evil stuff this year due to all the rain. I'd bet my next paycheck Tom's place is full of it too !!!

larrysogla

04-16-2005, 07:04 PM

How are we going to hunt hogs now that there is so much poison lurking in the bushes??????? Even rabbit hunts can turn into a skin nightmare????? Any real preventive suggestions???? Don't want to swell & itch & pus like a tortured toad???? http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-ani.gif

Orso

04-16-2005, 07:11 PM

Larry,

Always be contious of it, avoid it when at all possible. It comes down to how much you want to hunt. You want to hunt smart, but sometimes you need to hunt hard... Then it's just a matter of dealing with it.

larrysogla

04-16-2005, 07:16 PM

Orso,
You ever had a bad case of poison oak'itis'???????? Is wearing plastic gloves & disposing of it(in your own plastic bag of course, don't litter) before handling one's person going to fix the problem?????? Disposable plastic gloves are cheap?????
Thanks. God Bless. larrysogla. http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-ani.gif

scr83jp

04-16-2005, 10:37 PM

I worked as a wildlife aid one summer in the Angeles National Forest where I contracted Rhus trilobita poison oak to you,even gave it to my then pregnant wife.The crew leader was a ds who insisted heading into the chaparral but he got his reward, top to bottom covered with poison oak requiring hospitalization.Calamine lotion,tannic acid ,soap and water plus other treatments worked a little.I still steer clear of it,anyone fighting a brush fire can get it from the smoke.

Orso

04-17-2005, 10:03 AM

Larry,

I've had it but not to the extent of some. Though I didn't use plastic gloves on my last trip I was spared from breaking out. I always have plastic surgical gloves in my day pack and extras back with my gear at the truck. They are good to have with you.

In the past I have used the gloves while field dressing and skinning my game. As I think about it though, I've never used them to pull game to the truck. I guess I probably should.

BDB

04-17-2005, 12:00 PM

Avoid it while hunting best you can. If you shoot a hog, drag it, gut and skin then wash your hands fast. All clothes worn go in a container until you get home to wash them. Have fresh clothes and shoes that haven't seen the woods for after you wash the oak off of your person. That should keep any outbreak to a minimum.