:evil: I have gotten 3 ticks off in the last few days. The first one was a result of cutting up some trees down in the woods and brushing up against all kinds of overhead branches etc. The next two came off of one of the dogs, I am sure. They get treated with the stuff from the vet that keeps them tick/flea free. I guess the ticks decide the dogs ain't so tasty anymore, so they try to get a free meal off of me! :shock: Guess I need to treat myself with some of that there flea/tick dog stuff! :? It has been a long time before this, several years at least, of finding a tick on myself. What up with these things? Some kind of 7 year infestation or something?
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Fordfarmer
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Lots of them here in WI this year, too. I typically have
two or three on me all year; I've already had five, and
pulled half a dozen off the dog.
two or three on me all year; I've already had five, and
pulled half a dozen off the dog.
Ken Macfarlane
Well-known Member
Bad here too, deep snow cover insulated and let some overwinter. Normally ours come from migrating birds.
ditchwitch
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Get a few guineas let them rome around the yards they will eat those ticks right up.
Very bad here in West Pa also. Last night the 5 year old grandson found one when he first jumped into the bathtub; that is the 3rd one for him. Daughter in law who is a school nurse says hardly a day went by this spring that she didn't take one off of a child. We keep the little "Tick Twister" tools handy in the summer. We had no ticks and no deer here in WPA when I was a kid 70 years ago now too many deer and ticks.
Dave H (MI)
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I keep the lanes mowed short and well back from the fields. Don't need to wander thru the brush. We have ticks here and plenty of them. Been lucky enough to keep them off me so far. Dogs pick them up now and again. Don't know if Cutter or similar work on ticks, but I use it around my ankles.
Married2Allis
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Amazing how they survive subzero temperatures somehow.
TomA in CA
Member
We have them bad here in California. They are active April thru mid August in certain places. There is no caunting them,if you go there you get covered with them. I do not let my dog out, there is nothing that will keep them off. There is a smaller tick that is active Dec.- Jan. No 7 year cycle, they come every year here.
old
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- Camdenton Missouri
Shoot I have been dealing with them since back in March. Any time you get out in tall grass or under a number of tree you can figure you will find at least one on you
Fullers Farmalls
Member
I walk in the woods along stream banks for a living. I have had close to a 100 on me but luckily only one imbedded in me. They are horrible this year. The first one I had was end
of March. This is SW PA.
of March. This is SW PA.
Fergienewbee
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I had four on me a couple of days ago and two yesterday. None stuck. I think I have had more than the dogs, but considering I run dogs at least three or four times a week, I guess we are all lucky. Haven't found that many on them.
Larry
Larry
Fullers Farmalls
Member
We see awesome stuff. Saw some hellbender salamanders last week, turtles, always see deer and turkeys. Lots of awesome scenery too. Plus I get to see lots of old rusty iron that if I could buy I would. But then I would need another job to pay for all the stuff I bought.
Excellent! I'll have the red head get me some of this! I've been doing a lot of trail clearing where the little pines have grown up to about 6' tall. Seems every time I use the bush hog cutting them down, ticks are on me. I do brush up against a lot of leafy limbs etc too. I haven't seen any deer hanging out around the house this summer but there is lot of prints down in the woods on the trails after it rains...so they are there!
Mark - IN.
Well-known Member
Legalize DDT for one year, just one year, and we won't see ticks, fleas, or mosquitoes for another 20 years, and not like this for another 50 years.
Mark
Mark
Figured I'd pick a few up today. I ALWAYS spray myself GOOD with OFF or Cutters, though. I don't think the brand matters, it's the DEET you want, so whatever's got it. Today I had to walk from my truck thru the lanes few hundred yards that I haven't cut yet this year. Thigh high grass, lots of deer tracks. Got home, checked my clothing, took a shower: NO TICKS. I was surprised. Not so sure about the dogs, but the stuff we put on them kills them off.
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