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    Trekkin and Birdin
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      Trekkin’ found his first deer tick on himself after caching today.

      Not exactly the kind of “first of the season” he wants, especially after last year!

      #1886881

      Oh no! I had not even thought about checking yet….

      #1886882

      Someone also posted a note about finding one at one of my caches on Sunday.

      Perhaps it’s a sign of spring (even though we are expected to get ~8 inches of snow today). 🙄

      #1886883

      While caching in Florida over Spring break, earth angel picks up a deer tick on the back of her leg and it was in good. Took it out with a tweezers and flushed it down the toilet in our hotel (sorry if that was too much info). Smiles. Tami

      #1886884

      Not want I want to hear either! You’ve probably read about brother-in-law labrat_wr taking part of the blame for gettng Sagasu hooked on this game last year. That included getting Lyme disease from a deer tick while doing one of his Wild Rose caches last summer. Well, credit where credit is due…. It’s good to check for them as Lyme can be a real pain with a smorgasboard of symptoms.

      #1886885

      We’ve all read the disclaimers and signed the waivers !!

      Time to stock up on tick repellant and bug spray. 😯 it is getting to be April for Pete’s sake (no pun intended)

      Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

      #1886886
      sandlanders
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        Hey, the ticks must mean the snow is finally melting (sorry to those of you up north)! And the melt waters must mean great places for mosquitoes to breed! First three months of that deep snow, and now this to look forward to. Can’t wait!

        #1886887
        Trekkin and Birdin
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          Yeah, mosquitoes too. DOC. found one flying at Devil’s Lake State Park.

          #1886888

          Mosquitoes, ticks, deerflies, mud, flooding, rain, blazing heat….bring it all on! Anything but snow!

          #1886889

          @sandlanders wrote:

          Hey, the ticks must mean the snow is finally melting …

          I’m glad that it is not a common thing but we have picked ticks off of the dogs all year long. Even during the cold stretches of mid-winter.

          I hope those little blood suckers aren’t as bad as they were last spring.

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