2025: Year of the Tick

[grsthegreat]

Talking about the ticks

I ended up posting this in the wrong open window…..sorry. Was also chatting with my brother.

 

[CalG]

Talking about the ticks

Around here, ticks will kill a moose.
I've seen pics of moose stripped of all hair and replaced by leg to leg wood ticks. Not a pretty image.

 

[Jstpssng]

I ended up posting this in the wrong open window…..sorry. Was also chatting with my brother.

Thread drift is normal. I can fix it though...
It's hard to envision that an animal as big as a moose can be taken down by something as small as a tick yet they are. In October you might think the bushes are covered with mud, but if you look closely you will see it's thousands of tiny ticks. They wait for a moose to walk by, one will jump and hundreds will hold on, like a big rope.
In winter if you look in the moose beds you might see dozens of blood spots and ticks looking like squished grapes. By spring the moose will often have bare spots in their fur from trying to rub ticks off.

Edit; I type too slow. Somebody beat me to the draw.

 

[jyoutz]

Thread drift is normal. I can fix it though...
It's hard to envision that an animal as big as a moose can be taken down by something as small as a tick yet they are. In October you might think the bushes are covered with mud, but if you look closely you will see it's thousands of tiny ticks. They wait for a moose to walk by, one will jump and hundreds will hold on, like a big rope.
In winter if you look in the moose beds you might see dozens of blood spots and ticks looking like squished grapes. By spring the moose will often have bare spots in their fur from trying to rub ticks off.

Edit; I type too slow. Somebody beat me to the draw.

Wow. That’s bad. I guess I was fortunate to visit Maine during spring mud season when it’s probably too cold for ticks.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

I think hunting as a sport seems to have declined a bit. Still a lot, but not fanatical as it once was.
That is allowing deer populations to explode with few predators.
Farming helps control deer a little, and that's on the decline, too.
Throw in population growth in more remote areas as another reason peeps are gettin bit

We are doing our part here in Arkansas.

 

[Blue Mule]

Well funny that I posted this thread... came down really ill last Thursday. Tested positive for Lyme disease this week. Waiting to see what the doc wants to prescribe me. Never in my life have I been as sick as I was Friday through Sunday. I'm feeling better today, but I still want a course of treatment.

Protect yourselves!

 

[kenmbz]

Well funny that I posted this thread... came down really ill last Thursday. Tested positive for Lyme disease this week. Waiting to see what the doc wants to prescribe me. Never in my life have I been as sick as I was Friday through Sunday. I'm feeling better today, but I still want a course of treatment.

Protect yourselves!

Wow, feel better and hope they give you something to knock this out.

I haven't had a tick on me since yesterday , they seem to be climbing up the bushier trees and dropping down.
This one was a female dog tick. But we've seen quite a few of the smaller deer ticks too.
I guess since we have so many deer the last few years.

I have had more ticks on me this year than all the previous years combined and I haven't been out in the woods as much due to the weather.

 

[ArlyA]

Lyme disease bites, really bites and had multiple friends who've got it. This is why we wear treated clothing and will get a vaccination when they come out. Note how I didn't mention natural immunity to Lyme or tics.

 

[shooterdon]

Well funny that I posted this thread... came down really ill last Thursday. Tested positive for Lyme disease this week. Waiting to see what the doc wants to prescribe me. Never in my life have I been as sick as I was Friday through Sunday. I'm feeling better today, but I still want a course of treatment.

Protect yourselves!

I believe I posted earlier in this thread but worth repeating.

Get treated clothes from Insect Shield. I have jeans, shirts, socks and a hat. It is really cheap insurance

I had Lyme disease and it is no joke.

Since I started wearing Insect Shield clothes I have not had a tick in two years.

 

[kenmbz]

I use permethrin Which is why I find them vs. remove them.
But yesterday I was just walking along the driveway, open area, slightly overhung with branches. Did not expect one to drop out of the tall brush. I was feet away from any foliage.
When I go into the woods I wear a treated hat.
Seems I need to walk in the center of the driveway this year