Was out shed hunting yesterday with my dad and younger son. When we got into the truck I noticed a deer tick crawling on my jeans. My dad then found two on him and Klay found one on him. This got me thinking about the harsh winter we've had and if it would've/should've knocked the tick population down. This article is pretty interesting.
Also, one of my stand locations has me going through one section of high weeds before I get into the woods.. IN the fall I'd sit in the stand and pick the ticks off after I sat down. And that was after we had already had that snow during the rut. We went through this same location yesterday. Little buggers survived.
http://bangordailynews.com/2014/03/19/outdoors/experts-say-cold-winter-likely-wont-kill-maines-ticks/?ref=mostReadBoxNews
Also, one of my stand locations has me going through one section of high weeds before I get into the woods.. IN the fall I'd sit in the stand and pick the ticks off after I sat down. And that was after we had already had that snow during the rut. We went through this same location yesterday. Little buggers survived.
http://bangordailynews.com/2014/03/19/outdoors/experts-say-cold-winter-likely-wont-kill-maines-ticks/?ref=mostReadBoxNews