I’m in central MA and spent all day yesterday out in the woods burning brush, picking up sticks and libs, etc.
Not one tick. I keep my woods clean. No poison ivy either.
Sticks and libs?
*LOL*
Trash those “libs”....
How many libs did you pick up?.....................
The only ones that usually nail me are the ones the size of the head of a pin. I just can’t see them until I can feel them. By then it’s too late...
I was out looking for Morel mushrooms this past week and picked one up. He was firmly locked in on my chest by the time the wifey got to checking me for ticks the next day.
A little bit of rubbing alcohol on a q-tip and that sucker disengaged fairly easy.
They suck....
I live in Southern NH, near Plaistow. Just moved here from Calif. two years ago. All my neighbors tell me the deer ticks are BAD this year, and be very careful. I have heard several stories of folks of all ages getting Lyme Disease. It is very serious, no joke - people can suffer major neurological problems, mobility problems, speech and memory difficulties, other health effects and even die after couple years. Some of my neighbors are keeping their dogs leashed, not going in woods here in NH, right now. Just saying - be very careful when you are outside in affected areas, keep your lawns cut short, and don’t go hiking or hunting without having clothing coverage. One avid hunter I know in his 60s and a solid Trump conservative who works with Boy Scouts gives me this advice — he keeps the medicine that treats Lyme disease with him - he doses it whenever he has tick bites as a preventative, because he as SEEN the really horrible health effects that can happen. He sure convinced me to be really careful to avoid Lyme.
It’s not time yet. wait for a little more consistent war temps and then beware.