I am TICKED OFF

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DON"T GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS! Next thing they will apply for a grant for big $$$$$ and get it to relocate the little buggers
:eek: Well I'd hate to use the work kill and tick in the same sentence........besides think of how many jobs it would create LMAO! :)
 
I used to live in CT. Not too far from Lyme. Had Lyme disease four times. Luckily the blue pills for four weeks fixes me up.

There's a lot of dog ticks here in southern Maine this year. I have a good amount of wild turkeys on the property, but there's a lot of woods too. I need to do the permitherin thing to some clothes.

Sometimes I see news articles about the intensity of winter and tick populations. If the last two winters didn't put a dent in them, I don't think any will.
 
I'm surprised in this liberal state the "do gooders" haven't done research and initialized a "tick relocation program" :) :) :)
They tried but the conservatives voted against it.
 
Sometimes I see news articles about the intensity of winter and tick populations. If the last two winters didn't put a dent in them, I don't think any will.
Have to say I agree. We've been watching Lyme and ticks getting closer to us for the last 10+ years and were told it was the warmer winters. Now that we've had 2 very cold winters, they are worse than ever. I was driving back from a kid's soccer game Wed. and found a tick crawling up my shirt.
Great idea for a new business - tick inspector. We'll inspect the body parts you can't see! ;sick;sick
 
I can pretty much echo what DougA is saying, but from a Saskatchewan perspective. The area I've lived most of my life (grew up, moved away, moved back) was tick free until 5 or 6 years ago. I tramped all over the countryside as a kid, and never even heard of ticks. The tick population seemed to explode 5 years ago, and suddenly they are everywhere.

I belong to other forums where we've had tick discussions, and I'm a big cheerleader for permethrin. That stuff works wonders.
 
Darwin's theory at work ... the fittest have survived and apparently have hitch-hiked all over the country:mad:
 
When we are long gone ants and cockroaches will still rule the planet.
 
When we are long gone ants and cockroaches will still rule the planet.
I think snakes will be ruling the planet. I'm pretty sure my ancestors were snakes.
 
Over 95% of mammals on earth are domesticated. We have farmed the planet. As human population increases coyotes don't seem to stand a chance.
 
Coyotes around here don't know that.
 
Yet. Thought coyotes on the Cape intrigue me. I don't remember them when I summered there. Is this relatively recent?
 
Yet. Thought coyotes on the Cape intrigue me. I don't remember them when I summered there. Is this relatively recent?
Don't know about coyotes, but I saw a fox trotting down our cape driveway today.
 
There are coyotes everywhere in southern Ont. They are even in the ravines in midtown Toronto. The experts cal them coywolves but I have no idea if they are genetically joined or just a fancy name for coyote.
We have dozens of them near us almost every night.
 
I know they are here, but the first one I have seen expired two weeks ago when I went out in the morning with the cat and she was acting weird. At first I thought it was just another big fox. But fox carry their tail high and 'yotes let it hang down when walking and running.
 
I know they are here, but the first one I have seen expired two weeks ago when I went out in the morning with the cat and she was acting weird. At first I thought it was just another big fox. But fox carry their tail high and 'yotes let it hang down when walking and running.

Did you have anything to do with it's expiration?
 
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Got twisted up a little on a short local hike / walk today. Ended up bush whacking a bit to get back on course. That was my personal collection, another three off the pup so far.
It's a new personal record for me.
 
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