In case you needed proof...

Old Dude · Jun 13, 2015

...that ticks are bad this year: I decided to take the dogs for a walk at a reclaimed strip mine. Lots of room for them to run and chances were good of no one else being there. I decided on just sticking with the fields instead of the woods.

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We followed the path outlined by the wild flowers. It looked safe enough. Once we got back to the vehicle I looked down and saw

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Feeling something crawling in my hair, I pulled another from there and one from one of the dogs. As soon as I got home I jumped in the shower and pulled another from my sock and one was crawling on the shirt I had just taken off. I HATE ticks!

ARC · Jun 13, 2015

Ewww wow... that is like a tick infestation out in that...
Careful of those "suckers".
Dogs too.

They suck... literally.

Argentium · Jun 13, 2015

Well I sure hope those escaped convict scumbags are being overwhelmed with tics and skeeters and every other annoying
pest - Yeah be careful out there !

Old Dude · Jun 13, 2015

Argentium said:
Well I sure hope those escaped convict scumbags are being overwhelmed with tics and skeeters and every other annoying
pest - Yeah be careful out there !

Yeah, you and me both! Serve 'em right if parts of 'em were found in black bear scat. We have a state prison just up the river from me. The Bears help keep those city boys in line because they visit the dumpsters there just about every night and they're a bit afraid of them lol

BigWaveDave · Jun 13, 2015

That happened to me on Friday...I was in a customers house making a delivery and after I was done, they were crawling all over me...not ticks though....German Cockroaches...ew :BangHead:

Peyton Manning · Jun 13, 2015

I firmly believe that before going out- a good spray of repellant around the ankles helps ( this tip at no charge)

digging440yrs · Jun 13, 2015

My brother even found one on his leg, after mowing his lawn ! Bad news little buggers

pepperj · Jun 13, 2015

Tuck the pants into the socks, strip at the door cloths in the washer, body in the shower, I HATE TICKS TOO.

whammy · Jun 13, 2015

My son just found one this morning on his shoulder blade. Dam things.

DeepseekerADS · Jun 14, 2015

I'm in at 12 deer tick bites so far this year. One of the horrors of these little nasty creatures is that they do bore up under the skin. 4 of mine were under the skin before I found them.

A couple of those bites are over 2 months old, thought they'd healed several times, but they keep coming back swelling and itching. Been using neosporin, and calamine lotion to keep the itching down.

Then my girlfriend turned me on to "Country Comfort Herbal Savvy Golden Seal - Myrrh" salve. This helps more than other treatments I've tried.

pepperj · Jun 14, 2015

The one that was lodged in my leg once removed I used Oil Of Oregano on the site and didn't have any itching but it still took a while for the site to heal completely.
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DeepseekerADS · Jun 15, 2015

I am now at 13 deer tick bites

They are the spawn of Satan!

finderskeepers · Jun 15, 2015

DeepseekerADS said:
I am now at 13 deer tick bites

They are the spawn of Satan!

You've done it now...when word of this spreads, you are going to be the recipient of a giant finger wag.

DeepseekerADS · Jun 15, 2015

finderskeepers said:
You've done it now...when word of this spreads, you are going to be the recipient of a giant finger wag.

I'll hit 20 bites by the time the giant finger wag gets me!

G.I.B. · Jun 15, 2015

pepperj said:
Tuck the pants into the socks, strip at the door cloths in the washer, body in the shower, I HATE TICKS TOO.

Okay, I tried that... but

The lady at the front desk immediately called the police. I told them of your advice and after signing a bunch of papers I have to find a different hotel.

Thanks....