TICKS IN FEB. IN VIRGINIA

[Gunslinger Beagles]

FOUND A TICK ON MY BUDDIES DOG AND ONE ON THE BACK OF MY NECK TODAY HUNTING. HAS ANYONE ELSE SEEN ANY TICKS YET?

[cpuckett]

NO,what is the temp there we have a couple inches of snow on i hope i don't see any ticks or snakes

[Gunslinger Beagles]

LOW TEENS AND STILL SOME SNOW ON GROUND AND GOT UP IN THE 40'S TODAY. IT AMAZING HOPE ITS NOT A SIGN FOR A BAD TICK YEAR

[wvforester]

Had one on my feist last week here in WV. Thought I was losing my mind

[RiverRat]

I found on on my male last month .It was under the collar thought maybe had been overlooked it was dead or appeared to be.pretty wierd cause it had snowed ground been frozen for a long time.I had put some hay in the boxes maybe it survived in the hay bail and got on the dog that way.Do u use hay for bedding?

[Pete Tuck]

I have seen several this hunting season here in north carolina. I think this is one of the coldest winters we have had in a long time and I have gotten ticks off of the dogs and myself. I'm not the only one either, my hunting buddies have gotten ticks off of them also.

[Gunslinger Beagles]

this is crazy never seen this before in my life. i dont use straw or hay for bedding. like i say it was on my buddies female and on me. crazy stuff

[FreeHoller40]

Hey Gunslinger... found a tick on my dog last week... pulled it off, funny thing was that was the colder of the week... it was like 19 degrees... very odd

[blueridgemtn]

Took a pup out of running pen in Keeling Va back at the end of Jan found a tick in her ear. Caught some rabbits and turned on loose in front of some pups thay ran it and ending up killing it and seen 2 fleas on it thought it would still be too cold for either of those pesty little creatures but I guess not and that was in western NC where we still have snow on the ground.

[briarycreek]

I found a tick on a couple of my dogs in January. Haven't seen any more. I often find fleas on the rabbits but it is usually
rabbits in just certain areas. That warm fur is how a flea makes it through the winter cold. In certain areas where I have
killed rabbits and put them in my hunting coat I will pick them up and the fleas will jump off the rabbit and onto my hand.
They will be really bad on some rabbits.

[tinymwoods]

Haven't seen any myself, but know a guy that got some off a dog 2 weeks ago, temp about 15. We got a couple off a deer back in December. They were crawling near his shoulder. Anyone else killed a pregnant rabbit yet? I like the longer rabbit season but there are bred rabbits already and I hate to see them killed.
Also, I don't know if any of yall belong to the Virginia Hunting Dog Alliance, but they helped kill a bill I supported. It was to allow hunting on Sundays in Va. Don't know what yall think of hunting on Sunday, but I just withdrew my support of VHDA. Just wanted everyone to be aware.

[Gunslinger Beagles]

i think we should leave sunday alone. im glad it got shot down. got 6 days to do it leave sunday alone.

[tinymwoods]

That's good unless you work 6 days a week and Sunday is your only day off. They actually said it was about 50/50 on people that wanted Sunday hunting. Maybe I just need a new job lol

[FreeHoller40]

Me myself I wouldnt probably Sunday hunt... but I understand when people have jobs with odd shifts and dont have the time to hunt any during the week...

[Gunslinger Beagles]

if thats the only day you can run dogs. looked at your site and looks like you trial and hunt more than just sunday, if not you got to run dogs more than that anyways. or run them at night. do something but no sunday hunting. but if you want to sale your dogs especially that northway female call me.LOL