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For those rural enough get chickens. Chickens roaming free in day time will find and eat every tick around. I am pretty much anti toxins for everything. A well kept lawn usually won't harbor ticks either. I hate them with prejudiced since my brother (younger) died from Lymes.
I have killed a good many this season so far, and they have killed a good many Moose over the past winter. Wearing light color cloths, sock outside long pants, and a tick check every so often will find most of them before they bite you. If you have good vision you can see them if you look hard enough. I see them on longer knee high grasses holding on with 2 legs and splaying out the rest seeking dinner. I don't smoke but i do carry a lighter and I roast them. If I can't do that for a reason, I will gather them and crush them between 2 rocks.
I heard a mixture of Lemon and eucalyptus among other things will work great diluted with water and sprayed around the perimeter of the yard... anyone ever hear of this?>
For those rural enough get chickens. Chickens roaming free in day time will find and eat every tick around. I am pretty much anti toxins for everything. A well kept lawn usually won't harbor ticks either. I hate them with prejudiced since my brother (younger) died from Lymes.
I have killed a good many this season so far, and they have killed a good many Moose over the past winter. Wearing light color cloths, sock outside long pants, and a tick check every so often will find most of them before they bite you. If you have good vision you can see them if you look hard enough. I see them on longer knee high grasses holding on with 2 legs and splaying out the rest seeking dinner. I don't smoke but i do carry a lighter and I roast them. If I can't do that for a reason, I will gather them and crush them between 2 rocks.
Unfortunately the tick population is spiraling out of control tied in with the decline of the bat population (white nose syndrome). Apparently extreme cold doesn't reduce populations as they find locations to hibernate.
I found a dead bat in my yard. Wonder if it was a victim of white nose syndrome. We had to vacate our bat house as it was poorly placed by the former owners right above our deck. It is a little disconcerting to have the bats flying home right above your head. I have read that chickens help keep the populations down. I have already found 4 of them on me and we eat a ton of eggs so it may be a win-win situation.
Unfortunately the tick population is spiraling out of control tied in with the decline of the bat population (white nose syndrome). Apparently extreme cold doesn't reduce populations as they find locations to hibernate.
I don't know. Local hearsay says the long cold winter did kill many off, but i don't know winter was longer or colder either. I do know I have seen colder. I don't see so many moose as I did. I did see a game warden shopping in IME and asked were are the moose? he said winter ticks, which must be wood ticks, wintering over on moose. I have seen moose covered in ticks causing vast skin issues, and in the event of a summer moose covered hit by a car and killed a carpet of ticks escaping. Nasty sight.
So far in my area I have seen 1 deer tick myself, and i found that from a grey fox i was going to skin. It had been hit by a car. The pelt was fair and i was into it, but due to knowing about ticks I placed it in a large bucket of water with a skim coat of K-1 oil on top. The next day there it was dead in the K-1. Wood ticks are heavy now I had one walking on me today inside my jeans. I have learned to feel them. That one exploded by BIC
I don't know. Local hearsay says the long cold winter did kill many off, but i don't know winter was longer or colder either. I do know I have seen colder. I don't see so many moose as I did. I did see a game warden shopping in IME and asked were are the moose? he said winter ticks, which must be wood ticks, wintering over on moose. I have seen moose covered in ticks causing vast skin issues, and in the event of a summer moose covered hit by a car and killed a carpet of ticks escaping. Nasty sight.
So far in my area I have seen 1 deer tick myself, and i found that from a grey fox i was going to skin. It had been hit by a car. The pelt was fair and i was into it, but due to knowing about ticks I placed it in a large bucket of water with a skim coat of K-1 oil on top. The next day there it was dead in the K-1. Wood ticks are heavy now I had one walking on me today inside my jeans. I have learned to feel them. That one exploded by BIC
Yes, I have read articles say that recent trends indicate declining moose population in NH, numbers more numerous and steady in ME by comparison. I would think less ticks would be found in areas north of notches with coldest continuous low temperatures. If large populations of ticks can adapt to winter temperatures lower than -20F to -30F it could mean more trouble for moose. This upcoming Winter could be interesting as conditions point to El Nino event which often means milder temperatures in the northern 1/3 of the US and southern Canada with active storm track across the southern US. I'm awaiting the next update discussion on that.
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