Stay out of the brushy woods and tall grasses. Here in Tennessee we have seed ticks brought to this country by the Fish and Wildlife Service when they brought Canadian Elk into Land Between the Lakes to restock elk. The ticks spread to the native deer and they’re now all over the state and spreading out.
We used to enjoy our farm. Not any more. We spray deet heavily when we have to go out, and immediately shower and wash clothes when we come back inside. All the men in our family have had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. It’s truly horrible.
We thank Uncle Sam for the ticks. They’ve made a hell out of the south.
Don’t much like the scorpions when I find them in the house but tics, definitely could not handle those.
When we moved to our farm 20 years ago, there were ticks all over the place. We keep guineas now, and have no problem.
Yep, I can vouch for that. I walked into a nest of seed ticks at LBL in 1986 and had hundreds crawling all over me. Fortunately, I had sprayed myself beforehand and mitigated the threat, but I was still bitten by a few and contracted Lyme disease from one of the bites.
I hate ticks..... pulled the first one of the season off me yesterday. I first learned about seed ticks when I watched what looked like cinnamon running up my white pants! The best way to deal with seed ticks is to use duck tape. Pulls them all off....maybe some hair as well... but is worth the pain. Those little buggers itch as bad as the big ones do!
I also learned a trick on how to deal with ticks if your horse gets covered. Spray the ticks with pam, wait a little while, then run a squeegee over the horse. They fall right off.