Tick Problem?????
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 43
Tick Problem?????
Just wondering how many ticks is too many on a deer, I've never put cameras out this early so I'm not sure if this is a common problem.
I'll post picks later but one young buck has blood all down the back of his neck an a swollen bloody eye from dozens of ticks.
Should I be worried????
I'll post picks later but one young buck has blood all down the back of his neck an a swollen bloody eye from dozens of ticks.
Should I be worried????
#2
I don't know how many they normally have. All I know is that if I make a short hike through the woods this time of year I will have 3 or 4 on me. The deer are in the woods all the time. Just think how many they come in contact with!
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rw
#3
I can't imagine living out there 24/7 with those things. I don't know how many on a deer would be normal but I'm sure under the right conditions, They could definately do damage to about any animal.
Blessings.......Pastorjim
Blessings.......Pastorjim
#4
Are you sure the blood is from tick bites and is not a result from some injury?
Bloody eye? I suspect the deer was hit by a car. Ticks do not ooze blood but will or do get engorged with blood and then drop off the animal once filled to lay eggs and then die.
JW
Bloody eye? I suspect the deer was hit by a car. Ticks do not ooze blood but will or do get engorged with blood and then drop off the animal once filled to lay eggs and then die.
JW
#6
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 43
Im not too worried about it....... if a deer can survive being shot surely it can survive a few dozen tickets aslongas theirs no diseases.
Im pretty excited about this year gonna have some nice bucks on my Missouri farm.
Cant wait to put the majority of my cameras in Kansas.
Im pretty excited about this year gonna have some nice bucks on my Missouri farm.
Cant wait to put the majority of my cameras in Kansas.