Strut10 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Getting ready to hit the shwer last nite and there he was. Rotten boogers !!! Stuck in my right side about 1 rib up from the bottom. This is the first one that's ever given me the classic "bullseye rash" around the bite. Called the Doc and have an anti-biotic coming. These things just suck !!! We never had ANY problems here with ticks until about 3 years ago. NONE. Now............you can't do ANYTHING or go ANYWHERE outsidee but what you're either picking them off yourself or digging one out of your hide. Rotten boogers !!!!! :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 they are probably going to be bad this year. I've haven't found one yet but will probably start using permanone when working outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Sorry to hear that Don. Same here in New York. Never ever worried about ticks till the last couple years and now I'm spraying down all the time with permethrin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Surprised with all the snow you guys get you have them out this early up there. Afraid they are gonna be real bad here this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer slayer Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Yeah I think they will be bad this year. I've found my first one crawling up my arm a few days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Surprised with all the snow you guys get you have them out this early up there. Afraid they are gonna be real bad here this year. We got VERY little snow this year and had VERY mild winter temps. That suited me just fine. But the ticks were an issue every month throughout the winter. If it was 30 degrees or warmer, you were picking them up when in the woods. I don't think a cold winter -vs- a warm winter has anything to do with tick numbers. We had a MISERABLE winter in 2010-11 and the tick numbers did not subside a whit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Guess the idea that cold winters kills off the bugs may not be so accurate? Christina pulled one off herself Saturday afternoon(she mostly sat on the 4 wheeler), had one crawl over my boot while I was working on fences. Figured I would find a few on me, but got lucky I guess, maybe chainsaw oil on my pantlegs helped keep them off, dunno? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) cases with ticks and lyme has gone up by around 30% in the NY county i live in. they're going to be bad again this year everybody is figuring, just like the years to come probably. didn't get to it, but this week i'll spray some of my outside/work clothes with Sawyer's permethrin that i picked up. Good thing you caught it quick Don. Edited March 19, 2012 by dbHunterNY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Don, hope they gave you a high dose (300-400mg) of Doxycicline for about a month or 5 weeks. If you have a doctor unwilling to prescribe an adequate med/dose, you need to find a different doc. It is nothing to fool around with. Hope all goes well. If you feel ill at all, you will need more meds asap!!! Good Luck Buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 The ticks up here are horrible. Last hunting season my dad and I probably took 2-4 ticks off of our clothes every day hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 The ticks up here are horrible. Last hunting season my dad and I probably took 2-4 ticks off of our clothes every day hunting. I only wish the ticks here were that "horrible". Was out tracking an archery deer for a cousin one night back in November and was picking ticks CONSTANTLY. Picked over a dozen off my pants at one time !!! Stock in permetherin is going up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Picked two off my jeans yesterday while putting up a gate! Def. going to be bad this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hopefully since they are out so early, another freeze comes and kills most of the mosquitos, ticks and deer flies. Up here it has been 70-89 degrees for the past 10 days. Just now cooling off back in the 30's. One good freeze should hopefully do them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 We have tics bad here anyway. This year the snow and cold pretty much didnt happen. We are already breaking 85deg so its not looking good for tic season. I pulled a big fat one from my daughter's head about three weeks ago... Skeeters are HORRIBLE not too. Our part of the world got almost 14" of rain last week and now there is standing water eveywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Ticks......the reason I stay out of the woods and on the water this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Have not found any yet..went on a 3 hour shed hunt/ turkey scouting walk today...no ticks so far..we did have 22 degree eve on Monday, after a week of 70's & 80's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rackmasta68 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 First tick of the season That sucks bro I expect they will be out in full force this year be careful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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