I have read we have more deer in the US now than when the county was founded due to the lack of predators for the deer. No more wolves and mountain lions to thin the herds. In Atlanta we have tons of oak trees and tons of suburban flower beds and tons of deer. The only thing thinning the herds are our automobiles. Seeing a dead deer on the side of the road is common place. If we ever go into a real economic depression in this country I will switch from beef to deer meat. The suckers will not budge until you get closer than 20 feet. I think I could kill one with my rifle at that range, cut out the choice meat and leave the rest for the coyotes and buzzards.
So far using 25% deet has worked for me. One time I found a black spot "down there" and thought it might be an abnormal growth. Went to my dermatologist immediately and he picked it off with tweezers thinking it was a scab or something and put it under the microscope and found out it was a tick. He gave me a shot for lime disease as a preventive. So far last tick that I have seen on my skin. Found one on my shoulder last week but on my shirt and flicked him off.
I remember back in my childhood almost all dogs got ticks and lots of them. This was before the monthly tick prevention meds.
