Tikcs quest! Questing is a tick that crawls up on a blade of grass and then extends their front legs up in the air. Their sensory organ (nose-like) is at the end of each fore leg.

Now knowing that in tick infested areas - a good pair of knee rubber boots will also help keep ticks off as they have a hard time crawling on this type of surface.

Another thing not mentioned is the use of light colored clothing while int he field to make ticks that much easier to spot on you.

With potential tick infested clothing there areseveral ways you can treat them.
1. Insert in a closthes dryer for 10 minutes at the hottest air dry setting
2. Insert in a pastic bag and spray any type of House & Garden Aerosol product inthe bag and seal for a few hours.
3. Or use Permanone as described above.

It is a good idea for any tick you find attached to place on a piece of scotch tape but tape this to a file card and save. On the card write that date bit, the area of your body you found it, the area you think you got the tick from.

Not all ticks carry Lymes disease but it has been proven it is just not the Deer tick. Others can and do.

For your dogs.

if you don't like the idea of applying insecticide to yor dog's coat that makes their skin systemic, - use a simple pyrethrum alcohol spray after every romp in the field.
I also use a flea comb at the end of the day and that will help find and remove any tick caught in the coat of the dog.

JW