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 Ticks on deer
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06/25/18 11:46 PM
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Clutch
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Light Foot
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Is anybody seeing large amounts of ticks on your deer? Need for concern? If so, how do you treat? Thanks!!
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Re: Ticks on deer
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06/25/18 11:54 PM
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Creekrunner
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You shoot an axis 'bout this time of year, and they can be quite impressive. Then you can shoot another one, a few days later, and there's almost none. 'Depends on their choice of bedding area, I suppose.
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Re: Ticks on deer
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06/26/18 01:00 AM
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stxranchman
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I have seen them on deer and pictures of deer/exotics with a lot of them on the ears and head. The concern would be when the get tick numbers get to be a to a lot. They can effectively be treated on deer.
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Re: Ticks on deer
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06/26/18 01:36 AM
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spg
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The area I hunt had cases of cattle with tick fever, the government believe it or not started feeding medicated corn at the beginning of 2017 and still filling feeders every two weeks. They installed six boss buck free choice feeders and pins on our place, so we only throw corn during hunting season. None of the deer we killed last season had ticks.
Last edited by spg; 06/26/18 01:37 AM.
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Re: Ticks on deer
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#7208747
06/26/18 02:37 PM
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PMK
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I put out the sulfur salt blocks at all my feeder locations, outside the pens ... hogs will roll them around some and even lick ... keep the ticks at bay on deer & hogs.
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
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Re: Ticks on deer
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06/26/18 03:05 PM
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redchevy
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Haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary on the deer, but for us they have been bad for the past 3-4 years for us. Im tired of getting ticks on me, would love a prescription or something people could take that would protect us like our dogs etc. lol.
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Re: Ticks on deer
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06/26/18 04:50 PM
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Trackman
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Wonder what medication the government is using on the corn to prevent the ticks?
On a side note the deer always have more ticks on the left than on the right!
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Re: Ticks on deer
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06/26/18 04:53 PM
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stxranchman
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Wonder what medication the government is using on the corn to prevent the ticks?
On a side note the deer always have more ticks on the left than on the right! I have used injectable or pour-on cattle wormer on corn in the past. I think they are using the same.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Ticks on deer
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06/26/18 05:23 PM
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don k
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Wonder what medication the government is using on the corn to prevent the ticks?
On a side note the deer always have more ticks on the left than on the right! I have used injectable or pour-on cattle wormer on corn in the past. I think they are using the same. First off I am not telling anyone to do this. I mix Cydectin with whole corn. Keeps stull off the exterior and interior of goats and what ever else eats it.
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Re: Ticks on deer
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06/27/18 11:46 AM
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Dave Davidson
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I used to have a lot of them. Had to dust with sulfur every time I left the house. Deer were crawling with them. Then, we had about 4 years of drought and wound up with no ticks or chiggers. Still no chiggers but the deer now have a couple of them.
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Re: Ticks on deer
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06/29/18 09:40 PM
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Light Foot
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Thanks for the input guys. I will ride it out this year and see how things look...
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