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Black-Legged Deer Tick

CJD3

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For the first time in my memory, there are reported cases the Black-legged Deer Tick carrying Lyme Disease in Ashtabula County/ NE OH.

In all my years afield in the area, I have never picked up a tick in my home woods...

We have 5 conf. ticks in the last few months. In the past there would only be a couple in the whole state... Be Careful. I know ticks are common in some neighboring states but if you have never had to deal with one before you should educate your self on use of chemicals for clothing, handling deer and what to do if you discover one on your skin. Not all ticks carry Lyme Decease but you DO NOT want to take chances with it!!!

http://starbeacon.com/local/x104127699/Deer-ticks-may-bug-local-hunters


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"J"

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Found this info just to jog peoples memory or enlighten those who didn't know... I know a lot of things they say aren't user friendly for those of us that hunt but it gives the information that can help..



when spending time outdoors, make these easy precautions part of your routine:

■Wear enclosed shoes and light-colored clothing with a tight weave to spot ticks easily
■Scan clothes and any exposed skin frequently for ticks while outdoors
■Stay on cleared, well-traveled trails
■Use insect repellant containing DEET (Diethyl-meta-toluamide) on skin or clothes if you intend to go off-trail or into overgrown areas
■Avoid sitting directly on the ground or on stone walls (havens for ticks and their hosts)
■Keep long hair tied back, especially when gardening
■Do a final, full-body tick-check at the end of the day (also check children and pets)
When taking the above precautions, consider these important facts:

■If you tuck long pants into socks and shirts into pants, be aware that ticks that contact your clothes will climb upward in search of exposed skin. This means they may climb to hidden areas of the head and neck if not intercepted first; spot-check clothes frequently.
■Clothes can be sprayed with either DEET or Permethrin. Only DEET can be used on exposed skin, but never in high concentrations; follow the manufacturer's directions.
■Upon returning home, clothes can be spun in the dryer for 20 minutes to kill any unseen ticks
■A shower and shampoo may help to remove crawling ticks, but will not remove attached ticks. Inspect yourself and your children carefully after a shower. Keep in mind that nymphal deer ticks are the size of poppy seeds; adult deer ticks are the size of apple seeds.
Any contact with vegetation, even playing in the yard, can result in exposure to ticks, so careful daily self-inspection is necessary whenever you engage in outdoor activities and the temperature exceeds 45° F (the temperature above which deer ticks are active). Frequent tick checks should be followed by a systematic, whole-body examination each night before going to bed. Performed consistently, this ritual is perhaps the single most effective current method for prevention of Lyme disease.


Video of Proper Tick Removal If you DO find a tick attached to your skin, there is no need to panic. Not all ticks are infected, and studies of infected deer ticks have shown that they begin transmitting Lyme disease an average of 36 to 48 hours after attachment.Therefore, your chances of contracting LD are greatly reduced if you remove a tick within the first 48 hours. Remember, too, that nearly all of early diagnosed Lyme disease cases are easily treated and cured.

To remove a tick, follow these steps:

1.Using a pair of pointed precision* tweezers, grasp the tick by the head or mouthparts right where they enter the skin. DO NOT grasp the tick by the body.
2.Without jerking, pull firmly and steadily directly outward. DO NOT twist the tick out or apply petroleum jelly, a hot match, alcohol or any other irritant to the tick in an attempt to get it to back out.
3.Place the tick in a vial or jar of alcohol to kill it.
4.Clean the bite wound with disinfectant.

*Keep in mind that certain types of fine-pointed tweezers, especially those that are etched, or rasped, at the tips, may not be effective in removing nymphal deer ticks. Choose unrasped fine-pointed tweezers whose tips align tightly when pressed firmly together.
Then, monitor the site of the bite for the appearance of a rash beginning 3 to 30 days after the bite. At the same time, learn about the other early symptoms of Lyme disease and watch to see if they appear in about the same timeframe. If a rash or other early symptoms develop, see a physician immediately.

Finally, prevention is not limited to personal precautions. Those who enjoy spending time in their yards can reduce the tick population around the home by:

■keeping lawns mowed and edges trimmed
■clearing brush, leaf litter and tall grass around houses and at the edges of gardens and open stone walls
■stacking woodpiles neatly in a dry location and preferably off the ground
■clearing all leaf litter (including the remains of perennials) out of the garden in the fall
 

Jackalope

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You guys scared of ticks or something? Come turkey hunt in SO next spring. It'll be a tick pickin good time i can guarantee.
 

CJD3

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I wonder why they no longer want to try to irritate the tick w/ the match,or those things.

I did once read that its the tick "throwing up" into the bite that passes the infection. Maybe thats the reason however won't pulling the tick w/ tweezers leave the head in the skin?

Wish someone w/ med. background would give their 2 cents worth...

Hay BLUE DOG are you seeing any increased tic cases at work???
 

"J"

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You should see the ticks on the hogs in Texas. Sometimes they look like they have warts!

That's the way it was in Ar-kansas we used to have them on us all the time and really thought nothing of it since lymes wasn't even known to us back in the early 80's. Met a guy over in Phily (Willow Grove ARS) man that guy was screwed up, was a marathoner and lymes had him screwed up for over a year before they fianlly diagnoised him correctly. No more marathons in his future... Guess he ended up with arthritis type symptoms...
 

CJD3

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With the impending cold / frost / snow, won't that kill all these fuggars?


Problem is it may take care of the ones hanging out on the brush, but not the ones on the deer your man-handling into the bed of the truck, field dressing or lifting onto the 4 wheeler...
 

deerjunkie

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My buck this year had eight ticks between the shoulders on top his back. Four were fairly good sized and the other four were quite small. All were within a two inch circle. I never did remove them before I took it to the taxi....hmmm, I guess they will die in the chemicals to tan the hide.
 

"J"

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My daughter got Lymes- never saw a tick or bit one her and she is the indoor kind of kid. Lost a lab to Babiosis (SP) from a duck hunt along the StLawrence in Northern NY. All I can say is it is easier to avid using chems than any other way. The tests are highly inaccurate as to if you have it, and the doxacyclene (sp- antibiotic) is a bad time in it self. There are some great books out there on ticks and tickborne illness. Lymes hits people differently, at times badly, but it is not the only wicked party-ender they carry.
 
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Hedgelj

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My daughter got Lymes- never saw a tick or bit one her and she is the indoor kind of kid. Lost a lab to Babiosis (SP) from a duck hunt along the StLawrence in Northern NY. All I can say is it is easier to avid using chems than any other way. The tests are highly inaccurate as to if you have it, and the doxacyclene (sp- antibiotic) is a bad time in it self. There are some great books out there on ticks and tickborne illness. Lymes hits people differently, at times badly, but it is not the only wicked party-ender they carry.
My youngest got a tick on his scrotum and the bullseye rash and a got treated.

But alpha gal is the scarier one to me imo.
 
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