First TICK of the year....

[Elad]

Found a deer tick crawling up my neck today... and there is still snow on the ground! I really really hate ticks....

 

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[michigan michael]

I will take ticks over bees! Cant stand bees!

 

[lumbercamp]

Several years ago I was out hiking in snow during January during a warm spell and picked 26 ticks off my pants. They don't bother me. I change cloths when I come home and check my self over for any on my body. Occasionally I miss one and only find it after it has borrowed its head into me and I feel a sore spot. So far no lyme decease.

 

[muleskinner]

Yup goes with the territory.

 

[Lowbatts]

Deer ticks are so tiny they are hard to spot, but they do pack a wallop. Have had hordes of the larger ticks on me, but they come and go around here. Was at a spot yeterday with ten deer standing about 15 feet from me, they were nosy but no ticks yet.

 

[Monty]

Ticks are active kyear arouind. They hide in the bark of trees and come out if you rub against the tree or if it is a sunny day and it hits the tree just right. You can pull back the bark on just about any tree around here and find a tick. Of course they are a lot worse in the warmer weather because they stay out and actively look for a warm blooded animal. They are attracted by carbon dioxide that you breathe out. So, stay leaned up against a tree too long and they will sneak out and grab a ride. Lots of spotted fever and limes disease around here. You really need to check every time you go out. Monty

 

[mamabear]

has anyone out there gotten the innoculation against lymes disease? they are really pushing it here. don't know anyone here that has gotten lymes

 

[Lowbatts]

My doctor just became aware of the vaccination for lyme's, currently it's three dose treatment over a one year period. So you'd have to know you're at risk to go get it. Had a neighbor who suffered long from it back when it first appeared around here. Very terrible disease to get. It's still a very regional thing.

 

[gmanlight]

BULLSEYE First TICK of the year....

Lowbatts i just did a quick search but all i read, I could be wrong, a vaccine was taken off the shelve in 2002 i saw nothing new on it .
NewEngland and Great lakes are some of the heaviest infested with the hottest and coldest territories having less
My daughter had it and some of my friend children A month of antibiotics was the treatment there all doing well.
A tell tale sign is a red bullseye the size of a half dollar or so It hits hardest on Adults so spray up and cover up I will
Good Luck Mike G

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not because you had a tick, but because you had a tick - which means either its been riding around on a warm host all winter, OR - it's been 45 degrees or above for a long enough time for it to be able to get somewhere - which means..........


spring

 

[mtntrekr2]

Pulled one out of my side Saturday night. I was hunting an old homesite lost to the woods but apparently there are still some things staying there.
I got hit about 4 years ago, had a big bullseye on my back when the fever and chills hit. Ended up on antibiotics for 2 weeks.
I did not think they would be out yet.
Just picked up a new can of deep woods off today. I will not be going out without it.

Being more careful
Joe

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Good idea.

And, remember, there is more than one kind of Deep Woods Off. (3, I believe).

But only one has 100% (actually, I think its 98%) Deet. (Deep Woods Off Sportsman) The others have only 25% Deet and 30% Deet.

Here, the skeeters don't seem to stay away from the 25% and 30% ones very well.

B

 

[John (Ma)]

Nasty things, I am going to try the Repel clothing & gear. Sprays on clothing only and lasts for weeks and is suposed to kill the ticks. I will also have something on skin, too. I hate those things. Once you feel them crawling on you, it feels like something is crawling on you for the rest of the day!

 

[lafatlife]

I hate those things. Once you feel them crawling on you, it feels like something is crawling on you for the rest of the day!

I am glad I am not the only one who feels that way. I had one on me last summer and the whole day I swear I could feel them crawling on me. ewwww!!!

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Sometimes, when we get in tick-crawling areas, when we get home, I feel like a monkey - going through each others hair, and ears, and inbetween toes

My one son (while living in Virginia), and after an afternoon of fishing, got one between his toes (which we didn't find until he looked like he had an extra toe), and my other son found one - uh - well, he found it right away, because he had to pee, and we found one inside my daughter's ear.

Needless to say - that's how we developed the "check all areas and crevices" the minute you get home philosophy

We also quit walking through the tall grassy area on the way to the lake.

B

 

[tomclark]

Gonna be REAL BAD around my area with ticks, CHIGGERS, fleas, noseeums and mosquitoes this year....
It never frosted or froze once this winter. Woods are going to be horrible in some places.

 

[Lowbatts]

I use Cutters, it's always worked better than the Off brands IMO. It actually seems to chase those bugs away, not just keep 'em off ya.

 

[Curious The George]

I picked one off my hip two days ago after working a church yard. Good advice on the DEET bug repellent. Gonna get some post haste.

 

[JR in Hohenwald TN.]

I could deal with the ticks better than the rattlesnakes & copperheads.

 

[boogeyman]

Pull all but two legs off , send him back & tell him to tell the others when they come near you this is what happens