Be careful with those ticks. They do carry some new and terrible diseases these days. We dont have the lone-star ticks here in Wi yet, but we are covered in the deer ticks. I have had several good friends who ended up with lyme disease because of those ticks. It can be life threatening. Check out this site for info about Ehrlichia chaffeensis. It sucks to have to worry about these ticks that we didnt even have in our area 15 years ago. I guess the huge population of deer has hauled these things all across the US.
http://www.harrisoncountyhealth.com/tic ... seases.htm
anybody doin any squirrel huntin
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Are some of you guys really talking about ticks or chiggers? It sounds more like chiggers to me. Big difference.
In May I almost lost my mother to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. You need to be aware of ticks. On the other hand, I've come in from my hay fields and gotten 15 or more ticks crawling around my skin and I don't think much of it.
If some of you guys are talking about chiggers (the little critters that you can barely see and cause you to itch for a couple weeks after they've finished) then you can get some sulfur powder to put on your skin around your socks and wasteband. That'll keep the little buggers from bothering you too much.
In May I almost lost my mother to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. You need to be aware of ticks. On the other hand, I've come in from my hay fields and gotten 15 or more ticks crawling around my skin and I don't think much of it.
If some of you guys are talking about chiggers (the little critters that you can barely see and cause you to itch for a couple weeks after they've finished) then you can get some sulfur powder to put on your skin around your socks and wasteband. That'll keep the little buggers from bothering you too much.
Re: anybody doin any squirrel huntin
The Lone Star Tick
Figure 4: Distribution of the lone star tick
The lone star tick is slightly smaller than the American dog tick, but has much longer mouth parts (Fig. 3). The female has a single white spot near the center of her back. The males and nymphs are much smaller than the females. All three stages–larvae, nymphs and adults–are quite active and walk fast. The lone star tick differs from the American dog tick in that all three active stages will attach to humans. The immature stages of the lone star tick, sometimes referred to as "seed ticks," "turkey ticks," or even "deer ticks," will even attach to ground-feeding birds and be carried to distant locations.
Lone star ticks have been collected in more than two thirds of Indiana counties, but are much more abundant in southern Indiana. High populations can be found in parts of Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Davies, Martin, Orange, Lawrence and Monroe counties (Fig. 4). The distribution of the lone star tick seems to be expanding northward as a result of the strong growth of populations of the white-tailed deer in the state.
Adult lone star ticks appear in late March. Their numbers peak in May and June, declining in July. Nymph appear in April, peak in May and June and can be found throughout the summer. Larvae appear in the spring and again in the fall, but are not usually encountered in the middle of the summer.
Figure 4: Distribution of the lone star tick
The lone star tick is slightly smaller than the American dog tick, but has much longer mouth parts (Fig. 3). The female has a single white spot near the center of her back. The males and nymphs are much smaller than the females. All three stages–larvae, nymphs and adults–are quite active and walk fast. The lone star tick differs from the American dog tick in that all three active stages will attach to humans. The immature stages of the lone star tick, sometimes referred to as "seed ticks," "turkey ticks," or even "deer ticks," will even attach to ground-feeding birds and be carried to distant locations.
Lone star ticks have been collected in more than two thirds of Indiana counties, but are much more abundant in southern Indiana. High populations can be found in parts of Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Davies, Martin, Orange, Lawrence and Monroe counties (Fig. 4). The distribution of the lone star tick seems to be expanding northward as a result of the strong growth of populations of the white-tailed deer in the state.
Adult lone star ticks appear in late March. Their numbers peak in May and June, declining in July. Nymph appear in April, peak in May and June and can be found throughout the summer. Larvae appear in the spring and again in the fall, but are not usually encountered in the middle of the summer.
Re: anybody doin any squirrel huntin
Went out behind the house for the first time this year. Sat under a hickorey nut tree and shot 5 out of the same tree in about an hour 
It was a fun break from all the fishing I have been doing this year...
It was a fun break from all the fishing I have been doing this year...-
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Re: anybody doin any squirrel huntin
sounds like fun, they are tearin up them hickory trees, the nut trees are pretty full around here