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Paul Beasley
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Apr 18 2007, 07:26 AM Post #1 |
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How much of a problem are ticks around Ontario? I hear guys talking about getting them and don't know a thing about them...how would you even know if you got them? |
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Coyotechaser
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Apr 18 2007, 07:33 AM Post #2 |
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Do you mean Deer ticks? |
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LoneWolf
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Apr 18 2007, 07:43 AM Post #3 |
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Rebel Soul
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Deer Ticks/Wood Ticks are the same thing. Some people refer to them as deer ticks. I've never had any on me but I have seen them on moose. http://www.alongthecharles.com/critters/in...s/WoodTick.html |
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Coyotechaser
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Apr 18 2007, 07:46 AM Post #4 |
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They go crazy over Moose. A buddy of mine told me there was a moose near his camp that has them real bad! It was spotted about 4 days ago. |
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dobber
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Apr 18 2007, 07:47 AM Post #5 |
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have had them on me when we were down in NC, never seen them up here, but i hear they are around in the southern parts of the province. Its nothing a diesel bath and ice pick won;t cure
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condescending twat Someone who looks down on other people and is beyond arrogant | |
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ricoh
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Apr 18 2007, 08:38 AM Post #6 |
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gooder
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Apr 18 2007, 07:23 PM Post #7 |
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We have them here along the north shore of Lake Erie. I have found a few on myself in the past few years since I have taken up turkey hunting. I always find them around my hair line on the back of my neck. Usually in May is when I have found them in the past. Gooder |
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| shedherder | Apr 18 2007, 07:51 PM Post #8 |
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LoneWolf
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Apr 18 2007, 08:28 PM Post #9 |
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You're right, shedherder. I stand corrected, there is a difference between a wood tick and a deer tick. The ones I've seen on moose turn like a blueish color once they're full of blood. |
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fishnhunt
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Apr 18 2007, 08:31 PM Post #10 |
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I have also had them on me, not sure if they were deer ticks or wood ticks. Stay away from the long grass if it is possible they love the stuff. I have had them on my lab as well usually around her ears. Nasty little suckers!! |
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alf
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Apr 18 2007, 10:55 PM Post #11 |
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I recieve deer heads from friends that usually have them. Being in the freezer kills them off. A friend brought one over he shot on open bow season, it was infested so bad that it had small patches of hair missing and the deer was noticeably under weight. Also last year while hunting Ihad an annoying itch like a sliver in my shirt, when I opened my shirt there was one of them stuck to me , it was on there good. I headed back to camp and changed my clothes
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| Renegade | Apr 19 2007, 05:19 AM Post #12 |
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I've had so many on me over the years in the Rainey River District....I'm not going there...lol. I've had a few bite. Very rarely have I seen deer ticks, just wood ticks for the most part. In Oklahoma last year I got introduced to a few new varieties of ticks. Seed ticks are small little annoying things much smaller than wood ticks......grrrrrr. |
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rutman
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Apr 19 2007, 11:03 AM Post #13 |
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I have never seen a tick that wasn't on a dog. I lay on my belly with my xbow on a log for turkeys and have had no sightings. The areas I hunt both turks and deer are the same and theres lots of both. Must not be many around here!
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Greenhorn
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Apr 19 2007, 12:00 PM Post #14 |
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I've had a few crawling on me.I use alcohol on a cotton ball to get them off the dogs.Brent J.. |
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Coyotechaser
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Apr 19 2007, 12:26 PM Post #15 |
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I've never even seen one before, not sure if we have them either? |
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buckstop
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Apr 19 2007, 10:35 PM Post #16 |
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wow. i thought some of you guys were kidding about no ticks. here in wisconsin they are thick. especially in late spring. i've had over 100 crawl off customers early season bow deer capes. when i get home from turkey hunting my clothes stay outside as they are covered with ticks. i hatem but it comes with being outdoors around here. the one thing that sucks about them is they carry lymes disease and i know of quite a few cases around here. i'm not sure where some of you are from but does it seem the further north you go in ontario the less ticks there are or does it seem to be just certain regions that don't have them. |
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| Renegade | Apr 20 2007, 04:48 AM Post #17 |
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Certain areas don't have them in Ontario. In Marathon I have never seen a tick before. If I head west I will start to see them past Thunder Bay and once you get to the Fort Frances/Kenora region they are pretty thick. Not sure what they are like on the east side of the province. |
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dobber
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Apr 20 2007, 06:17 AM Post #18 |
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i'll get the name of the stuff everyone reccomends in North Carolina, whenever we head down there hunting we always spray our pant legs with this stuff. Its a staple item in everyones packs down there. Buddy of mine got rocky mountain spotted fever last year, he was laid up for about a month. they have these other ticks down there they call red bugs, real small and red, almost looks like small seeds. |
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condescending twat Someone who looks down on other people and is beyond arrogant | |
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LoneWolf
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Apr 20 2007, 08:19 AM Post #19 |
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I've never pulled any off of me, and I've never even seen one in any of the areas I hunt in Eastern Ontario, but as I mentioned earlier I've pulled some off of moose in Northern Ontario. One of my dogs got one on her while I was taking her for a walk in the woods of Quebec. It wasn't a hard tick, it was one of them soft ones that turn a blueish color once the get full of blood. Same as the ones I've pulled off the moose. |
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Crash
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Apr 20 2007, 11:05 AM Post #20 |
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Any one heard that Brad Paisley song?? "I'd like to check you for ticks" Too funny I've pulled plenty of ticks. What amazes me is how they burrow themselves right under my skin without feeling a thing. I hate ticks
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buckstop
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Apr 20 2007, 11:43 AM Post #21 |
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buckstop northern wisconsin
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yes that songs great. i'm sure that line '' i'd like to check you for ticks'' will be a very popular pick up line at all the local pubs this summer. |
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Paul Beasley
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Apr 20 2007, 02:02 PM Post #22 |
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I love that line! I just heard it the other day again while driving in the car with my wife. She didn't think it was as funny as I did.
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ricoh
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Apr 20 2007, 02:17 PM Post #23 |
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I've been hunting Eastern Ontario for 40 yrs. and have never had to pull a tick as of yet. Apparently men and women do not share the same sense of humour Paul. Rick |
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canuck
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Apr 20 2007, 02:19 PM Post #24 |
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The ticks are showing there ugly head more and more around the Thunder Bay area....10 years ago this was not the case....they are moving more and more north. The dogs have had some on them in the 8 years I have been in Thunder Bay, but not us fortunately....I hate them and they have ruined days for me...they are like leaches....for some reason I just can't stand either one of them. Rene you are right....Fort Frances/Kenora area are thick with them....walk in the bush come out and you are alittle heavier than when you first went in. Back home in Alberta we used to see moose covered in them....it was a matter of time before they died.....they would rub up against anything to try and get them off...that is why they have no hair on them...sad really. Well now that I am freaked out....back out in the yard I go
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