Ticks - what the heck?!

[GingivitisKahn]

My son and I had our recurves out Saturday (hoping to cause some trouble amongst the groundhog population).  We saw one whitetail but no groundhogs, alas.

What we did se was more ticks that I have ever seen in my life.  In the past if I found a couple of ticks on me, I considered it a bad day.  I'm not exagerating - I bet we picked 50 each off of our pants, shirts, necks and so on.

Has anyone else noticed an extraordinary number of the little vampires this year?  I can't even imagine sitting still for a bit waiting for a groundhog with all of that.

Funky!

[John3]

They seem to be bad the past few years here. I spray from my knees to boots with Deet, before I go in the woods.

Seed ticks are the worst. I've felt them explode on my legs wearing shorts before. Nasty and so small you can barely see them. I give them the DEET treatment to kill them and then scrape them off. These little seed ticks can live on a pair of boots for weeks.

John III

[Killdeer]

Were these little teeny tiny baby ticks?
I usually find at least a nest of these per year. Not fun. It really makes me think twice about cutting through the fields! I hate wearing repellents.

Killdeer  

[longbowben]

Yes my son and myself went pond fishing and where covered in ticks.

[R H Clark]

I've run into nests of thoes tiny baby seed ticks.They start out as a small brown spot about the size of a quarter that contains hundreds of them.I wear long pants and keep an eye out for them.If you catch a patch before they spread you can torch them with a Bic.

[GingivitisKahn]

Yucky.  The ones we saw weren't tiny - they were regular sized deer ticks but tons of the critters.

I tried to get my son to let me shoot one off of his head a la William Tell but he was having none of it.  Some kids!

[DW]

Today we went to the Olde Fartes tournament. the ticks were awful. I've figured that they just drink the repelent.   Skyler W

[Aeronut]

Give your clothes a good dose of Permanone repellent before you put them on.  This stuff will kill a tick.  It is hot but I almost always wear jeans when I'm out in the weeds, not shorts.

Dennis

[Jerry Jeffer]

I have had more then usual so far this year. we have also had a heap of Lyme tests at work that have been positive.

[Full Quiver]

What Aeronut said. I dose jeans,long sleeve shirt,tie the bottom of pants legs around the boots & spray the boots with Permanone. Don't take any chances.

[CheapShot]

Turn your pants cuffs inside out for 10 inches or so. Spray them pretty good with Permanone ahead of time so it dries before you wear them. Use deet on exposed skin. This works pretty good for me. I wonder how the Native Americans dealt with this problem?

[chuck172]

I'll bet Native Americans just stayed inside the tee
pee when the bugs got bad.
If they had to go out they would just cover themselves up with mud.

[John Nail]

yes. They're as bad as I've ever seen this year in Indiana

[ALW]

Pretty bad in WV this year.  I was in the field for work the other week and picked 17 off of me.  Had them still crawling around on me when I got back to the office.

Aaron

[longbawl]

They are bad here in Wv also.I wounder if the birds are filling up on the cicadas.I cant remember seeing  robin with a worm since the cicadas came out.

[TomK]

They're bad everywhere... and gonna get worse.  They must hitchike into my yard on the multitudes of rabbits we have.  I must have picked off more than a hundred so far this year.  What bothers me the most is when they attempt to take up residency along with the family jewells... heck, I'm starting to itch just thinking about it.

[Downsouth]

Lots of ticks here as well, but that's nothing unusual for Manitoba at this time of the year. They come in the spring and go away when it gets hot out. I find they're worst in tall grass and around poplar and similar tree's. I'm not talking deer ticks, but the larger garden variety, lol. I take colloidal silver regularly...it's my belief that they find it distasteful as I haven't had one stuck to me in years. I was out walking last weekend, and picked 20 or so off myself several times, and found none attached. I'm wondering if some of the silver based scent suppressing sprays would work if sprayed on a persons boots and pant legs....anyone have an experience trying this?

[dadto2]

tick collars for dogs around the tops of my boots seem to work.

[Rob DiStefano]

Now there's one creature I wouldn't mind going extinct.  Please.

Been real bad here in the Nor'East - ticks are everywhere and worse yet they're now all around our homes let alone in the neighboring woods.

[gregg dudley]

BuckWIng makes an ankle gaiter that is just the ticket for ticks.  It is made out of the same type of material that ace bandages are made of.  It slips on over your pant leg and boot top and keeps the little blood suckers out. I have been using them for years.  THey also keep laces tied and prevent your laces and cuffs from getting beggar lice and other seeds on them.