Dave Hawksford
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Honestly I'm surprised that the ticks would bother with a tough old bird like you Frank
Where I grew up we had ticks a plenty, used to wear light colored clothes so you could spot the little guys easy, and brush them off all the time, another reason us boys all got pig shaved during the summer, no long hair for us!
Lyme disease is an East coast thing. You get it from tiny deer ticks not dog or wood ticks.
We use "deet" as a repellent when in the woods or fields. Works pretty well. I can't remember the name of it but the oily liquid you put on the dogs neck to keep ticks and fleas off used to work pretty well but for some reason this year it seems just about useless.
This year I sprayed down every time I went out and only found one tick on me and that was while I was running the split rail fence. But there are a lot of people here that get bit every year and diagnosed with lime, on the hunting forums guys are always talking about having lime. I know a few guys who have had it for years and never diagnosed until recently.
Frank are you getting the deer tick which carry Lime ? Regular ticks don't bother me I can pull them off. I'm very sensitive to creepy crawlers. Now chiggers that's a different story I would rather have ticks them them red devils.
Check out this study,
http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/ly...state-statistics-on-lyme-various-source-lists
in 05-06 Cal, 264 cases reported, the left coast dose get a few cases. But come walk in our woods unprotected and you will most likely get bit.