akitadog
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ticks
better spray down. a buddy had 2 on him this weekend. gonna be bad this year.
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SilverKype
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Had 3 on me Saturday. Dad had 3 too. How exciting.
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treesparrow
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I worked as a Forester in Pa for many years and had one tick, a dog tick. I never picked up a Deer Tick. Where did they come from? I do not think they were native to here.
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SilverKype
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I remember getting one wood tick about 3 years ago. Deer ticks are everywhere. Seemed to spark about 10 years ago. I remember a buck a friend shot the first day of archery about 14 years ago was covered in them. They were like a foreign creature to us. Freaked out ! They are going to be really bad this year. I wonder if the unified sportsmans are stocking them to keep hunters out of the woods; thus shooting all the deer. 
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Never saw any in 1A or 2B my entire life until last year. Saw a few too many last year for my liking. Really sucks thinking I have to spray down every time I'm in the woods, which is like half my life. :) I know enough people who have lymes disease that I don't wish it on my worst enemy, so I'll take my precautions instead of my chances.
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Don't forget that your pets can get Lyme Disease from deer ticks as well. Keep 'em up to date on their flea/tick meds.
My 4 year old black lab got hit hard with Lyme last fall right after duck season started. He was in pretty rough shape for a week or two before the antibiotics kicked in.
They were bad around here (2B/2D) last year and the previous year. 2 years ago, I pulled 3 embedded deer ticks off of my body at one time. Last fall, I pulled 4 different deer ticks off of myself.
One more reminder that the vet shared with me - frost/cold does not kill ticks, it only makes them dormant. Even in the middle of winter, as long as there isn't heavy snow cover, if there's a thaw for a day or two, they'll get active again.
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With the warming climate they are moving farther north every year.
Hunting around Shenango last year I picked a tick off me and Mika.
Bear season was a bust too. Had 20 ticks on me the first day and
no one wanted to go back out the second day. (Mckean Co.)
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16506fish
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look yourself over, pull em off ya and go about your business.... not gona get rid of em...
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i am in armstrong co.and my dogs just running around yard and woods near by they get ticks one or two each week.
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I worked as a Forester in Pa for many years and had one tick, a dog tick. I never picked up a Deer Tick. Where did they come from? I do not think they were native to here.
I have been cutting logs in the PA and NY woods for 30 years, hunt archery, small game and fish trout streams all the time and have yet to find a tick on me... Must not like the way I taste....
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carpin06
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Me too...I taste like garlic and onions....   and the other stuff 
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bingsbaits
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Me too...I taste like garlic and onions....and the other stuff
Mabee we need to get together and try and market our anti-tick regimen.. Bottle of good hooch, apple blunt and mabee some tenderloin smothered in onions and garlic.....Hmmmmmmmmm....
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SilverKype
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That no stinkin' ticks stuff from scent shield really does work, but it costs a pretty penny for 8 ounces.
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silver, is that the name of a anti-tick spray?
I need to find a good spray both for me and my 4 year old who wants to go in the woods with me this spring.
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