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LevyTheSoBoHoBo
04-12-2017, 21:32
So I've read the deer tick population is supposed to explode this season.
How many ticks have you picked in the past week? What was the Nearest landmark, shelter, road when you discovered your hitch-hiker
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Greenlight
04-12-2017, 23:31
I went out three weeks ago without permethrin infused clothing and had three ticks of two varieties. Went out this past weekend with permethrin and ... nothing.
Migrating Bird
04-13-2017, 08:09
Picked 5 deer ticks off me just walking in the back yard last Sunday. 10 miles west of the AT/I 90 crossing in Becket, MA http://www.caryinstitute.org/science-program/research-projects/tick-project
Spirit Walker
04-13-2017, 12:13
DH had a tick a few days ago in southern PA (not AT but near Caledonia SP).
pablo081002
04-13-2017, 16:03
Several hikes here in the South; no ticks so far.
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Here in Roan and haven't had any found yet
Working out in the yard this week here in Central New Hampshire and they are out. Plenty thus far but I don't know if they are any worse than the last few years at this same time.
Haven't seen a tick this yr. Did have some poppy seeds from a bagel fall on my shirt though.
frontovik193
04-14-2017, 22:58
No ticks in va after a few day section, no permethrin or big spray.
Sarcasm the elf
04-14-2017, 23:07
They are really bad in Connecticut so far this year.
johnspenn
04-15-2017, 08:13
Did a section on the BMT from Three Forks to the Hwy 60 crossing, found one tick back at home. Didn't attempt to identify it, just flushed it.
Time Zone
04-15-2017, 10:26
Cumberland Trail in TN: Brady Mountain section - one tick recent hike. Adjacent Black Mountain section - 3 ticks on hike last year, including one that was small enough to be a deer tick, but it might have been a nymph.
Never noticed a tick on any of more than a dozen other CT sections. But had them in this area.
FrogLevel
04-15-2017, 21:37
No ticks yet in East Tennessee though its been very warm in the last week. Saw my first mosquito tonight.
Had a tick come off my pack in Hot Springs a couple weeks ago, but haven't seen any since then.
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Maineiac64
04-16-2017, 19:15
One tick on foothills trail on forehead of fellow hiker. I am doing Permethrin treatments to my hiking clothes this week.
Haven't gotten any ticks on the trail, but my dog has had a couple this spring already.
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ChrisMek
04-18-2017, 15:41
I live about 1.5 mile from the AT in NJ by Waywayanda State Park... I was doing some spring clean up yard work over the weekend and had 7 ticks on me. No Deer Ticks, all wood ticks.
Already had a few in Eastern Mass, and haven't even gotten outside much yet. Last year I saw one all year down here, none on the trail.
Migrating Bird
04-18-2017, 18:13
Ticks, dog & deer are out in full force here in W. MA. 4 of us picked off a dozen or more yesterday. Recent warm weather has turned them them on.
cmoulder
04-18-2017, 19:44
Lotsa ticks in NY. Several days ago after a short local hike I found 3 or 4 on my pants legs when not using permethrin, none on subsequent hikes with permethrin-treated pants. Hiked today with a friend and he sprayed deet on his pants and I sprayed it on my legs (wearing shorts) and no problems.
If I were camping I would slather everything in permethrin.
Wise Old Owl
04-18-2017, 21:37
39080odd but true this is the tick that delivers all evil- what is your plan?
I caught a tick trying to catch a ride on my leg this past Sunday while on the AT in NY.
Several hikes here in the South; no ticks so far.
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Plenty in Florida on the Florida Trail.
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coach lou
04-20-2017, 22:02
Lotsa ticks in NY. Several days ago after a short local hike I found 3 or 4 on my pants legs when not using permethrin, none on subsequent hikes with permethrin-treated pants. Hiked today with a friend and he sprayed deet on his pants and I sprayed it on my legs (wearing shorts) and no problems.
If I were camping I would slather everything in permethrin.
We are working on West Mtn. this weekend......we will see. 2 weeks ago, up there, I saw none. And I did bushwhack across the river bottom at the south lot at Anthony Wayne.
Caboose had two on her between MacAfee Knob and Daleville yesterday.
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Last night a guy at our shelter picked up two on the trip to the privy and back.
I'm wearing treated pants, shoes and socks. None for me so far.
ScareBear
05-01-2017, 20:05
Two on partner a couple miles S of Hot Springs...nothing on the dog or myself...she did a bathroom bushwhack though....
Springer to Deep Gap in early April, none. 30 miles in the mountains in Vernon, NJ this past weekend, nothing again. KNOCK ON WOOD>
Did a little walk in Shenandoah this past Sunday (4/30) from Rockfish Gap up to Jarmans Gap and back. Found one tick crawling on my leg (by the seats and antennas, on the mountain top, when I was headed back) between McCormicks Gap and Beagle Gap. Disposed of it and continued. Wasn't wearing any Deet, Permethrin, etc... Was a hot (mid nineties) but beautiful day.
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Plenty in Florida on the Florida Trail.
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I second this: The Panhandle area is pretty bad right now. I sprayed with DEET last hike (in Chattahoochee) while my hiking partner had no protection. I found three ticks on me (two in the cuff of my pants, one on my shoulder); my partner had close to ten.
Most seen was 20+ on a dog at a shelter. Owner groomed the dog for ticks every night and kept count.
Virginia had a lot of ticks.