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Offline Steelbanger

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Poison Ivy
« on: February 13, 2008, 09:38:57 AM »
Anybody get poison ivy during the winter? I had my beagle out last Friday for our last hunt of the season. Had a few rabbits out and got one. Sunday morning I had what looks like poison ivy around my ring finger. A few days later all the fingers on my left hand have it. So, is it poison ivy or something else?
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Re: Poison Ivy
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2008, 09:59:24 AM »
You can get PI during the winter.  The vines continue to be poisonous. 
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Re: Poison Ivy
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2008, 01:06:18 PM »
Yeah....if you come in contact with a PI vine that's wrapped itself around a tree and you leaned against it....maybe your ring kind of cut into the vine a bit and a few chunks got under your ring....you will get it. A buddy of mine was splitting wood one year with a hydraulic splitter and got it from the logs.

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Re: Poison Ivy
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2008, 02:56:50 PM »
Climbed a tree next to the Susquehanna river in very early spring, absolutely nothing green around.  I remember the brown vine wrapped around the tree but thought nothing of it. I got poison ivy so bad they had to put me on steroids.
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Re: Poison Ivy
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2008, 03:10:49 PM »
The oil in the vines will certainly be poisonous all through the winter.  I've heard it can remain active for years, but I don't care to find out first hand.
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