B.S.
Talked with one rancher in Palo Pinto County (Texas Y'all). Bad fire ants and ticks on his property.
He started with the tick problem and he brought in the fire ants 'cause he was told they would take care of the ticks.
He is now infested with both.
Guineas should have been his choice.
The coyotes and bobcat would be fat, but would reduce his problem. Yeah, he knows that now.
Might be a TX problem.
Used to have bad deer and seed ticks here when I was a young thing. Ditto chiggers. Could walk across the fields to my uncle’s farm and get literally covered in seed ticks.
Haven’t seen any of those in probably 30 years now.
I make sure to keep a mound or two near the house in the front yard. Just because.