2025: Year of the Tick

[Hay Dude]

Limes was only the start of the tick borne diseases. Babesiosis and Powassan are worse and are coming. It is not a good time to defund health departments.

 

[John0829]

I really don't know. We've always had them of course, but this year they are PROLIFIC and unbelievably numerous. They say possums will eat thousands of ticks, maybe we need more possums.

I always heard it as being turkey and guinea that ate the ticks... Seen plenty of possums covered in ticks but yes the tick population is high this year in WKY making it a full time job keeping them off of us and the dog.

 

[Hay Dude]

Was at a Customer’s place years ago. ‘bout a dozen pullets running around the yard. I said “you must not have to buy eggs”. He says, “oh they aint for eggs, they eat all the ticks”.

 

[Alvito]

It seems our tick numbers are higher too. They are even crawling on places that normally you wouldn't see them like the deck and buildings.

Right....have them clinging to white metal barn siding, on tractor bushoging, getting progressively worse each year in ohio, only way I can work is using a product...this is not endorsement.....Sawyer with permytherin....lasts on clothes thru multiple washings...and disposable pull on boot covers from Amazon....heard lyme tick was named after town...lyme, Connecticut

 

[Alvito]

Right....have them clinging to white metal barn siding, on tractor bushoging, getting progressively worse each year in ohio, only way I can work is using a product...this is not endorsement.....Sawyer with permytherin....lasts on clothes thru multiple washings...and disposable pull on boot covers from Amazon....heard lyme tick was named after town...lyme, Connecticut

Forgot to say I even get them walk to and from mail box on gravel drive.....I rigged a horizontal pole on one side of tractor with piece of white sheet like flag to drag on grass along drive, you can't believe how many are clinging like velcro, I do it every 2 weeks, seems to help in my case, then I quickly burn in barrel

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Forgot to say I even get them walk to and from mail box on gravel drive.....I rigged a horizontal pole on one side of tractor with piece of white sheet like flag to drag on grass along drive, you can't believe how many are clinging like velcro, I do it every 2 weeks, seems to help in my case, then I quickly burn in barrel

That is the best non-chemical solution I have heard so far.

 

[grsthegreat]

Man, im especially glad i dont live in a tick area. Used to get them when i lived in calif.

Dont seem to be bothered with them here in N idaho.

I know there here, but not in huge numbers.

 

[deezler]

Forgot to say I even get them walk to and from mail box on gravel drive.....I rigged a horizontal pole on one side of tractor with piece of white sheet like flag to drag on grass along drive, you can't believe how many are clinging like velcro, I do it every 2 weeks, seems to help in my case, then I quickly burn in barrel

Jesus christ. Is this whats its come to for those of us wishing to live in the woods? you have to actively sweep your lawn for disease infested parasites? UGH.

 

[Hay Dude]

Jesus christ. Is this whats its come to for those of us wishing to live in the woods? you have to actively sweep your lawn for disease infested parasites? UGH.

Please don’t use the Lords name that way. Thank you. It’s blasphemous to some of us here.

My theory is the reduction in farm land as we move away from an agrarian society further & further each year. Open farmland is being overgrown with brush & woods. Deer are overpopulating once open country. They carry a lot of ticks.

 

[Oaktree]

We've had some bad tick years here, but so far this hasn't been one of them. I've gotten a couple, but nothing like some years.

Then again, I just may not be attractive to them for some reason. Couple weeks ago had a work project at a cell site with a couple other guys, one of them must have picked off close to 20 ticks that day, other guy maybe 4-5, me, one.