pike007 Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Hey with this harsh winter we just had im guessing it will have affected the amount of ticks to come this spring/...??? any guesses on how bad the ticks will be this year. Last year was brutal every walk with the k9s i was pulllin 10-15 off each of them everytime they would get near tall grass. Was horrible. 007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I am wishing the same , hope they took a beating this winter . I was also hoping the creeping charlie would be gone as well , but notta ! And I picked another 100 worms tonight .......glad the frost didn't get THEM ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brookie slayer Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 First tick of the year ystrday turkey hunting. First tick of the yr ystrday turkey hunting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseslayer Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Cautously optimistic as my friends and I have not got any on several turkey hunts and an archery shoot at our club. We definately had some by now last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike007 Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 at this point its the tiny ticks that scare me 007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnhunt Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Surprisingly none yet!..but I'm sure there's some (or a lot) to come..(like many others..I had already encountered a lot last year by this time..) but I think everything is delayed somewhat due to weather..Lets see what the next few weeks have to present before we come to any conclusions..(Hopefully there's a significant decrease from the previous few years!)..I know they were out relatively early this year..and that's what scares me..is the worst yet to come?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 As I was walking through some tall grass with the fluffy heads , I noticed they were crawling with little "ticks" . Since I have ticka phobia I nearly freaked ! I stopped dead in my tracks and took a closer look with my bi-focals and was relieved they were only some kind of small fly like a fruit fly or those knats that are swarming in places already . I took a shot so I could have a closer look on my screen , just to be sure ! there's about 10 bugs on this grass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike007 Posted May 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 As I was walking through some tall grass with the fluffy heads , I noticed they were crawling with little "ticks" . Since I have ticka phobia I nearly freaked ! I stopped dead in my tracks and took a closer look with my bi-focals and was relieved they were only some kind of small fly like a fruit fly or those knats that are swarming in places already . I took a shot so I could have a closer look on my screen , just to be sure ! there's about 10 bugs on this grass LOL so what your syaing is you walked through all this grass and no ticks , im happy 007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 My dog is 4 and never had a tick before this yr. 2 so far just in my intown lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 LOL so what your syaing is you walked through all this grass and no ticks , im happy 007 Well , I went back today to slay the carp , with no success , except for a 1 lb. catfish . I fished two spots for a couple hrs. each . When I got home I felt something crawling under my jeans just below the knee ......sure enough it was a tick . I pulled it off easily & gave it a nice soap bath . Maybe they will be bad again this year ....... this is the one that I got today..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseslayer Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 I finally got one saturday morning turkey hunting and one sunday as well. I was really hoping they were gone. So far there seem to be less at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnhunt Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Well..ticks seem to be out in full force!...Was working out in Fort Erie for about an hour today..pulled 9 of them off me this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Rob was in the brush for all of 5 minutes and had 6 on him a couple of days back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanl Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 I still have yet to find one on me, pretty surprised I haven't found any yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psilokan Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Got my first few this weekend turkey hunting. Nothing on the first day, then day two I must've walked through their nest because when I got home they were every where. Pulled one out of my back, several off my pants, found two more in the car the next day. Will be retreating the hunting clothes with permetherin this week before going back out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Ticks are a fact of life outside the urban areas. And the available sprays and preventatives are anything but 100% effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Ticks are a fact of life outside the urban areas. And the available sprays and preventatives are anything but 100% effective. There are some natural predators that eat fleas , mostly birds , but there are also nematodes that eat them . .....maybe we need to get the mnr to release a few billion in the woods......this link is one of many on the subject ...... https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070331040021AA7NPiM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanl Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 got my first and second tick today, first one was on the verge of sticking his head in me, and second one surprised me by crawling up my shoulder while i was driving. hate these damn things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmo1685 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 We were sampling by Black Creek last week, and in about 5 minutes I had 5 crawling on me... and the grass wasn't that long in the place where we were... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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