Hunting jacket dilemma

[LwnmwnMan2]

I've got a jacket that's jersey material, like 98% of lighter deer hunting jackets are.

I ran into the bushes, where now the lower 1/2 of the jacket is covered in the little-fuzzy-darker brown-about the size of a larger woodtick-[PoorWordUsage] that I can't just brush off.

It's not the large sticky things about the size of a gumball that you pull off but then leaves the little sticks in your material, but the first.

Anyone have a trick as to remove the 300 or so of these I have on my jacket?

[BobT]

Have you tried tape or a small comb?

For what it's worth, those gumball sized "sticky things" you refer to are most often burdock. Burdock is actually an edible plant. The Japanese harvest the root and use it like we would a potatoe. Burdock is often mis-identified as Cockleburr, which is toxic.

[harvey lee]

I purchased a small block from Cabelas that works well on my pants and jacket. You brush it against the material and the burdock come off. The best I have seen for this issue.

I don't know how well it would work on the material you have but it seems to get the job done on all the clothing I have.

Its about 5 inches in diameter and 6-7 inches long.

Great product.

[LwnmwnMan2]

That's too big, Burdock.

The stuff I'm talking about is woodtick in size, it looks like 299 woodticks on my coat.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Give it to Jack and give him a penny for each one he picks off!!! Dude will think he is rich and you will have a clean coat!

[reddog]

Many different names when you know what it is, I always called them "bootjacks". Hand picking is the only way I know of.

Bidens frondosa

From Wikipedia,

Devil's Beggarticks

Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) is an annual herb in the family Asteraceae, native to North America. It looks similar to a Dahlia plant, up to 2 m tall, usually with reddish stems. Its flowers are yellow, produced in early autumn, followed by numerous seeds with hooked barbs that attach onto passing animals' fur or clothing or sometimes even skin which allow the seeds to be dispersed widely. The seeds look similar to a tick and give this plant part of its most popular common name.

This plant is invasive in some parts of the world such as Europe, where it is considered "an important threat to plant health, the environment and biodiversity"[1]. It is known by a variety of different names, including Common Beggarticks, Common Tickseed, Large-leaved Beggarticks, Devil's Bootjack, Devil's Pitchfork, and Pitchfork Weed.

[huntnfish]

Harvey, any idea what the name of that thing is? I hate those beggars lice with a passion. You never see the plant until its too late and you're covered with them. Sure would be nice to find something to get them off a little easier.

[harvey lee]

NO. I don't remember the name but I did get it at Cabelas. Something remover.

[sleben]

It's called Burz off. I found mine at Cabelas

[huntnfish]

I will do some checking next time I am up at Cabelas. Thanks for the help, fellas.

[LwnmwnMan2]

Burz Off is not at Gander Mountain, checked today.

I'm completely opposite ends (NE metro) of any Cabelas, so I'll have to wait until I get a call for firewood in that direction.

[Full Choke24]

try a dull knife to shave them off I grew up on a river and have had just about everything stuck to me.

[jdsmi]

I'm a little late to this topic. I know exactly what LwnmwnMan2 is talking about. I usually pick them up around swamp edges. I hate those things and they always seem to find me. I've always just "shaved" them off with my hunting knife. Keeps me entertained on stand.