Just a heads up for any of you out in the woods. I have pulled two ticks out of me in the last four days! Not cool.
I was helping cut trail last Saturday for the upcoming Leaf River DS ride and later, after getting out of the shower, I found a tick in my forearm. I Googled the proper way to remove ticks, and found that you should use long thin pointy tweezers to gently pull the lil sucker out. Squeezing it or burning it may make it "puke" harmful bacteria into your system. Lyme disease, no thanks.
Then today I was doing some mountain biking on the trails in the local state park, and while driving home found a tick stuck in my calf. WTF!! I don't really like to put chemicals on but I'm thinking I am going to start using DEET when out in the woods doing anything.
Dan

 

Couple days ago was flyin RC helis, went into the bush to take a leak - didn't even touch anything but noticed a fat tick on my arm as I was walking away.. Bastards.

If there was one bug I could eradicate it would be that one!

 

I was riding some local trails last weekend and somehow one got into my jersey. It was stuck to my side and I just pulled it off. Hopefully it didn't puke!

 

C'mon down to west Texas, guys. They ain't tough enough for this neck of the woods...LOL!

But seriously, they exist here too...just not in great numbers. Even here you have to watch when you're in thick weeds, but thankfully there aren't often thick weeds in the area. They are insidious little bastids.

 

It was a bad year for them here last year. I picked a few off my wife, including one stuck in her scalp, and a bunch on the dogs. I actually watched one jump off my arm on to the desk, where I squished it. I guess I'm so nasty, ticks don't even like me ( mosquitoes either )

 

Deet works well. I usually put it on my clothing

 

It's only the Dear tick that carries Lyme.

Here's a map.

 

None in AZ. Thank you very much sweltering desert heat.

 

Also For Lyme disease the tick has to be attached for like over a day to transfer the virus so if you can find them the day you get them you limit the chances for getting the disease. That map may need redrawn as I live in Indiana and they are very common here and my father has or had lyme disease from a spring turkey hunt.

 

Where i grew up at my parents house i was in the woods constantly. Not once did i have a tick. Now within the past 2 years my parents have had a few, they must have moved in. On the news they said that there is/was an acorn shortage, which led to a mouse shortage which the ticks usually feed on. So less mice means ticks looking for food elsewhere. Makes sense.... but god i hate them little buggers.