Permethrin: The “Chemical Weapon” Every Shooter Should Consider

Spend enough time shooting prone during summer, and you discover an uncomfortable truth: the local tick population appreciates precision rifles as much as you do.

Modern rifle culture increasingly pushes shooters off concrete benches and into the field. Whether it’s practical rifle competition, NRL Hunter matches, prairie dog towns, field-position practice or simply stretching out behind a bipod on a rural range to put rounds downrange, more shooters are spending hours belly-down in grass, weeds and brush.

Continue reading to learn more about permethrin, written by Brent Wheat.