Ticks 2024

[flyingsquirrel]

Just came home from my Mother's house who has 4 acres of pines. 5 ticks found on the beagles after 15 minutes. Last years total was 240.

 

[OneBadV8]

Kill em all

 

[BigRed]

Holy crap!

 

[firecadet613]

So much for this recent deep freeze killing them off until spring!

 

[stocknup]

So much for this recent deep freeze killing them off until spring!

That`s what I was thinking and hoping for ..........Ticks and the Yellow Jackets

 

[VostocK]

Ticks in February ? This is crazy. I may be getting old and forgetful, but it seems to me like ticks were not very common when I was a kid. Now they seem to be out in force everywhere.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Lets hope for a deep freeze later this month

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Ticks are one of the reasons I try to do my fence row clearing in the winter. I was out working a bit today. So far, so good.

 

[Kdf101]

A lot of the ones we have been getting on us the last few years are TINY! Like so tiny, I don’t even know how you would find one on someone with a full head of thick hair, not me anymore. I don’t remember these tiny ticks years ago.

 

[INP8riot]

Thanks for the update! I was hoping to keep the beard until the weather breaks since I haven't been in the woods much. Looks like its coming off soon because I have to head into the woods for brush clearing! I figured they would be deep hibernating/dead with the freeze. The 50 plus degree temps have awakened the insects!

 

[XDdreams]

Was just putting boots on to go for a hike.. didn't think that would be a concern yet, but alas..

 

[johntheplinker]

Its yyyyyy too early for the bastages. A couple of warm days, and here they come. ugghhhh.

 

[johntheplinker]

Ticks in February ? This is crazy. I may be getting old and forgetful, but it seems to me like ticks were not very common when I was a kid. Now they seem to be out in force everywhere.

IIRC I said the same thing a few years ago. When I was a kid might get a few over the course of a summer, now a person can barely walk across the yard without picking up a couple.

 

[ghitch75]

i can believe it.....see where moles are working in the woods today

 

[red_zr24x4]

That`s what I was thinking and hoping for ..........Ticks and the Yellow Jackets

High 40's at work on Thursday, I took the cap of a piece of 6"pe pipe and a yell jacket came crawling out. Pipe had sat outside all winter

 

[skretsinger]

Southern Indiana has nests of "seed ticks" now. These are the lone star tick. I walked through them last year in Brown county and had several hundred bites. Way worse than chiggers and the risk of alpha gal. Use repellent!!

 

[flyingsquirrel]

I counted the tic jar at my Mother's today, 45 so far this year with 5 added today. I've only found 1 crawling on me after the 2 beagle get combed.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I counted the tic jar at my Mother's today, 45 so far this year with 5 added today. I've only found 1 crawling on me after the 2 beagle get combed.

Well, to be fair, they are rather partial to squirrels. Just sayin. LOL

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Well, to be fair, they are rather partial to squirrels. Just sayin. LOL

Ha! And her 4 acres of pines.

 

[firecadet613]

I just took a nice walk in the woods with this on... so far, so good.