Since I'm often in the woods I always carry a little tick remover with me in my wallet. I have been wondering for a while what if I loose it, can I make one myself in the woods? I often notice ticks while they are still crawling on me, but today I found one attached. So I picked a small stick and made a wooden replica of my tick remover to try it out. Thought it might be nice to share my experience here.
Stick and knife
after a bit of carving I got this (comparison with my standard tick remover)
Time to try if it works (sorry it is not sharp, but you can slightly see the tiny tick)
Success! Complete removal. Unfortunately the tick dropped on the ground somewhere. But it worked good enough.
Well I keep the standard tick remover in my wallet since it is a bit more easy. But was nice to learn it works. Took less than 5 min to make it and remove the tick. Next time I'll probably change the design a bit. Now I created a V-shaped hole in the stick and pull on it to remove the tick. Next time I'll probably create a V-shaped notch at the end of a stick which you have to push then to remove the tick (just easier to carve).
Stick and knife
after a bit of carving I got this (comparison with my standard tick remover)
Time to try if it works (sorry it is not sharp, but you can slightly see the tiny tick)
Success! Complete removal. Unfortunately the tick dropped on the ground somewhere. But it worked good enough.
Well I keep the standard tick remover in my wallet since it is a bit more easy. But was nice to learn it works. Took less than 5 min to make it and remove the tick. Next time I'll probably change the design a bit. Now I created a V-shaped hole in the stick and pull on it to remove the tick. Next time I'll probably create a V-shaped notch at the end of a stick which you have to push then to remove the tick (just easier to carve).
