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Post by: Old Man Yager on March 20, 2017, 07:32:38 AM
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:nasty nasty nasty, I had one a long damn time ago, it got dug in on the side of my leg right next to my boys, I dropped my drawers and ran to the platoon medic with boys in hand and begged him to dig that nasty thing out of my leg :yike: I baby powder ALL sensitive areas now !! Idk if it really works but ain't had one since :tup: and the boys are always fresh and I NEVER GET ass rash :tup:Dude, I don't want to hear any more stories from you that involve you running around with your " boys in hand " !!!!! Lmfao :chuckle:
Post by: trophyhunt on March 20, 2017, 08:18:27 AM
:yeah::puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:nasty nasty nasty, I had one a long damn time ago, it got dug in on the side of my leg right next to my boys, I dropped my drawers and ran to the platoon medic with boys in hand and begged him to dig that nasty thing out of my leg :yike: I baby powder ALL sensitive areas now !! Idk if it really works but ain't had one since :tup: and the boys are always fresh and I NEVER GET ass rash :tup:Dude, I don't want to hear any more stories from you that involve you running around with your " boys in hand " !!!!! Lmfao :chuckle:
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:yeah::puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:nasty nasty nasty, I had one a long damn time ago, it got dug in on the side of my leg right next to my boys, I dropped my drawers and ran to the platoon medic with boys in hand and begged him to dig that nasty thing out of my leg :yike: I baby powder ALL sensitive areas now !! Idk if it really works but ain't had one since :tup: and the boys are always fresh and I NEVER GET ass rash :tup:Dude, I don't want to hear any more stories from you that involve you running around with your " boys in hand " !!!!! Lmfao :chuckle:
JACKMASTER either works at Les Schwab or??????????
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:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:nasty nasty nasty, I had one a long damn time ago, it got dug in on the side of my leg right next to my boys, I dropped my drawers and ran to the platoon medic with boys in hand and begged him to dig that nasty thing out of my leg :yike: I baby powder ALL sensitive areas now !! Idk if it really works but ain't had one since :tup: and the boys are always fresh and I NEVER GET ass rash :tup:
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Post by: runamuk on March 25, 2017, 07:24:06 AM
As for ticks haven't seen any yet, still not convinced that isn't the cause of half my health issues. Stupid ticks.
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Post by: jackelope on March 25, 2017, 08:28:48 AM
I went for a quick walk behind my house the other day, a little bit later dishing up dinner I found one crawling up my neck. Smallest tick I've seen, never had one on me over hear on the west side. Hope that's not a sign of a very bad year, wonder if one more freeze would help kill them?
The little ones tend to be the bad ones. Did it look like our normal sized ones over east? The deer ticks are the bad ones.
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Post by: pope on March 27, 2017, 04:52:01 AM
https://depts.washington.edu/ceeh/downloads/FF_Lyme_Disease.pdf (https://depts.washington.edu/ceeh/downloads/FF_Lyme_Disease.pdf)
East of the crest, there is little to worry about. After climbing Snow Creek Wall in May or June, we used to go to Gustav's in Leavenworth for burgers and beer. I remember pouring beer in an ash tray, then finding ticks (scalp, neck, you name it) and placing them in the beer bath. Great entertainment while we waited for the burgers and fries. On the west side of the slope, the first few warm (70+ degrees) days are when you generally need to be cautious, although I'm hearing from multiple sources that ticks are out early this year.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 27, 2017, 06:59:52 AM
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Post by: Rob Allen on May 02, 2017, 08:30:43 AM
1. Pull your socks up over your pant legs so they can't crawl up
2. Wear a shirt you can tuck into your pants with long sleeves and tight wrist cuffs.
At least make them work for it.
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Post by: Yakirack on May 02, 2017, 08:59:28 AM
Had to pull out the matches and tweezers to get it out of my rib-cage area. Felt like i got hit in the side by a hammer. I never knew they hurt that bad, but it was dug in my skin good. Head and shoulders were burrowed in my skin and back legs still out.
My pup had one on her ear after i took her to the park in Yakima.
Post by: KopperBuck on May 02, 2017, 11:28:04 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 02, 2017, 11:36:03 AM
My son and I both got bit two weeks ago and brushed off about 40 of them.
Had to pull out the matches and tweezers to get it out of my rib-cage area. Felt like i got hit in the side by a hammer. I never knew they hurt that bad, but it was dug in my skin good. Head and shoulders were burrowed in my skin and back legs still out.
My pup had one on her ear after i took her to the park in Yakima.
A drop of peppermint essential oil and they'll withdraw by themselves.
Post by: Curly on May 02, 2017, 11:39:56 AM
Thankfully, no pics of tics. Good job. :tup:
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Post by: quadrafire on May 02, 2017, 01:13:47 PM
Here you go
https://phys.org/news/2013-10-microscope-equipped-camera-pierce-adhere.html
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Post by: Special T on May 02, 2017, 01:42:48 PM
Has anyone ever seen a tick in western WA? In 48 years I've never seen one in Whatcom county. I spend almost all my spare time in the woods year round too.Whatcom and Skagit counties seem pretty safe I've not seen any in the woods around here but we are wetter than most places. I've heard of several people south of olympia but nothing up here. You guys should be ok. Between the colder weather and flooding/feet of snow if they didn't freeze they drowned!
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Post by: highside74 on May 02, 2017, 01:45:52 PM
Has anyone ever seen a tick in western WA? In 48 years I've never seen one in Whatcom county. I spend almost all my spare time in the woods year round too.
We have them in Eatonville. Just had one on my dog. Couple years ago I got one stuck to my chest whike walking a puece of property we were looking at.
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Post by: seth30 on May 02, 2017, 02:40:12 PM
Has anyone ever seen a tick in western WA? In 48 years I've never seen one in Whatcom county. I spend almost all my spare time in the woods year round too.Got one on me in Skagit county a few years ago.
Post by: luckyman on May 02, 2017, 04:20:18 PM
Reading this thread has me itching and scratching.
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Post by: DaveMonti on May 02, 2017, 04:40:30 PM
If you Google search "Lyme Disease Heat Map" you will see a map of Lyme Disease in the US from the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/maps.html (https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/maps.html).
Same for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/tickbornediseases/rmsf.html (https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/tickbornediseases/rmsf.html)
As you can see from the maps, it is exceedingly rare in Washington State for anyone to get either of these diseases, especially when you compare WA to the states of high incidence. It looks to me from a quick glance of the maps that there were less than 2 dozen cases combined state wide in WA in 2015.
It's just a different frame of reference when I hear people saying "I had a tick on me in 2007 after camping one 4th of July". As I said, it was like a mosquito to us, and very little harm was done. While it's gross to think of a bug biting you and sucking your blood, it is exactly what a mosquito does.
I just want to assure everyone that if you have a tick on you, or even a hundred, it is HIGHLY unlikely you will come down with a disease here in Washington State (according to the CDC). You really don't have to run off to the ER if one is on you, just pick it off and watch where it bit you for a few days. If you get a fever or the dreaded "target spot", get to a doctor, but for the sake of my insurance bills, having one on you isn't a reason to run off to an expensive ER visit!
I've never had a tick borne illness that I'm aware of, and like I said, they were so common that nobody batted an eye about them.
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Post by: Special T on May 02, 2017, 10:19:50 PM
We were working off highway 20 outside of New Halem last week. Pulled 5 ticks off each other in 4 days. Other then that only pulled one off the hound probably 15 years ago, strange year.Wow I've never had any around lake Cavanaugh and figured the wet would keep them at bay. New halem is prettybwet country.
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Post by: Barbarossa13 on May 03, 2017, 12:11:43 PM
We were surprised with how wet of a winter we've had there were so many ticks up there as well.
Post by: gaddy on May 03, 2017, 01:14:13 PM
Found a few in me this year. I had one crawling on my neck about 3 days after being in the woods. I shower at least once a day, sometimes twice. I wonder where he came from? :dunno:
After weekend of turkey hunting, I had the same thing happen. I had showered, used a fine tooth comb, the works. I got to thinking and sure enough, went out and checked the truck only to find one of the little buggers on the seat cover. They had dropped off on the way home, hung out a day or two and attacked while I was coming home from work. Sneekey little buggers.
Post by: Jimmer on May 07, 2017, 08:41:26 AM
Post by: fish vacuum on May 27, 2017, 05:12:44 PM
Has anyone ever seen a tick in western WA? In 48 years I've never seen one in Whatcom county. I spend almost all my spare time in the woods year round too.I get a couple on me every year in snohomish, skagit, and whatcom counties. In August I found one on me in the truck after bear hunting around Darrington. During deer season I had another one that got past my gaiters, up my pant leg, and embedded into my calf. Had a friend's dog get 4 or 5 on him in just an hour of walking around a clear cut near the Sauk.
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Post by: SGTDuffman on May 27, 2017, 08:03:13 PM
https://www.google.com/amp/www.today.com/amp/health/tick-bites-linked-rising-number-meat-allergies-t84821
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On February 3rd I picked 25 off my dog on the west side.wow, that is bad.
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Post by: Odell on March 05, 2018, 06:55:32 AM
In the Bonney Lake area, took a tick off my dog last week.
Yeah they are around. My buddy got Lyme disease last year after getting bit clearing brush in his yard in down town Sumner.
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Post by: trophyhunt on March 05, 2018, 07:02:35 AM
How did he know? What were his symptoms.In the Bonney Lake area, took a tick off my dog last week.
Yeah they are around. My buddy got Lyme disease last year after getting bit clearing brush in his yard in down town Sumner.
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Post by: redi on March 29, 2018, 08:49:40 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on March 29, 2018, 08:52:59 PM
I had one dug into my ribs last night. I got it out using liquid soap and a cotton ball. It took about 20 minutes. Tried to sterilize with whiskey but it only made my tongue numb.dang man, try crown next time! 😆
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 30, 2018, 05:25:48 AM
I had one dug into my ribs last night. I got it out using liquid soap and a cotton ball. It took about 20 minutes. Tried to sterilize with whiskey but it only made my tongue numb.You need to drink more of it to make your body numb. What's the best treatment for dogs tick prevention?
Post by: lokidog on March 30, 2018, 08:47:09 AM
I had one dug into my ribs last night. I got it out using liquid soap and a cotton ball. It took about 20 minutes. Tried to sterilize with whiskey but it only made my tongue numb.You need to drink more of it to make your body numb. What's the best treatment for dogs tick prevention?
For dogs I think the most effective treatments are the ones that you administer to the skin on the neck and back.
Post by: cougforester on March 30, 2018, 08:58:22 AM
I had one dug into my ribs last night. I got it out using liquid soap and a cotton ball. It took about 20 minutes. Tried to sterilize with whiskey but it only made my tongue numb.You need to drink more of it to make your body numb. What's the best treatment for dogs tick prevention?
https://us.bravecto.com/for-dogs.aspx
This is all my dad will sell now at his office. It's been great for my dog, had lots of them crawling on me but never have found them on the pup.
Post by: TrailTreker85 on March 30, 2018, 09:31:26 AM
How did he know? What were his symptoms.In the Bonney Lake area, took a tick off my dog last week.
Yeah they are around. My buddy got Lyme disease last year after getting bit clearing brush in his yard in down town Sumner.
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My wife as well came down with Lyme disease . First signs were swelling in the face and welts that we thought were caused either from food and or wine since it did start near Christmas time. Fast forward one month later Jan. 28 I woke up to her having a seizure like nothing I have ever seen before. Took her to the hospital and they wrote it off to flu so they sent us home. 20 min after being home she went into another 3-4 min seizure that really did a number on her so I rushed her straight back where we ended up staying there for 4 nights while the ran all kinds of test and scans. After asking for a Lyme test 3 times they finally did it on day 3 and low and behold she was positive. Lyme is not something to take lightly as it can do some hardcore damage to the body. I was out in the area last weekend where I know she must have got it from and the ticks where horrible even with my clothes sprayed down.
Post by: trophyhunt on March 30, 2018, 09:36:30 AM
wow, horrible!! Is she better now??How did he know? What were his symptoms.In the Bonney Lake area, took a tick off my dog last week.
Yeah they are around. My buddy got Lyme disease last year after getting bit clearing brush in his yard in down town Sumner.
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My wife as well came down with Lyme disease . First signs were swelling in the face and welts that we thought were caused either from food and or wine since it did start near Christmas time. Fast forward one month later Jan. 28 I woke up to her having a seizure like nothing I have ever seen before. Took her to the hospital and they wrote it off to flu so they sent us home. 20 min after being home she went into another 3-4 min seizure that really did a number on her so I rushed her straight back where we ended up staying there for 4 nights while the ran all kinds of test and scans. After asking for a Lyme test 3 times they finally did it on day 3 and low and behold she was positive. Lyme is not something to take lightly as it can do some hardcore damage to the body. I was out in the area last weekend where I know she must have got it from and the ticks where horrible even with my clothes sprayed down.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 30, 2018, 09:38:34 AM
Post by: TrailTreker85 on March 30, 2018, 09:43:38 AM
wow, horrible!! Is she better now??How did he know? What were his symptoms.In the Bonney Lake area, took a tick off my dog last week.
Yeah they are around. My buddy got Lyme disease last year after getting bit clearing brush in his yard in down town Sumner.
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My wife as well came down with Lyme disease . First signs were swelling in the face and welts that we thought were caused either from food and or wine since it did start near Christmas time. Fast forward one month later Jan. 28 I woke up to her having a seizure like nothing I have ever seen before. Took her to the hospital and they wrote it off to flu so they sent us home. 20 min after being home she went into another 3-4 min seizure that really did a number on her so I rushed her straight back where we ended up staying there for 4 nights while the ran all kinds of test and scans. After asking for a Lyme test 3 times they finally did it on day 3 and low and behold she was positive. Lyme is not something to take lightly as it can do some hardcore damage to the body. I was out in the area last weekend where I know she must have got it from and the ticks where horrible even with my clothes sprayed down.
She is doing ok. She had some short term memory loss at first and her thought process was a lot slower for the first couple weeks. She is on a cocktail of meds now for both the seizures and Lyme. From here we go to the Dr.'s every 3 months for blood work till it clears her system and that's if it dose clear.
Post by: TrailTreker85 on March 30, 2018, 09:45:17 AM
what does she take for it now
I am not sure what it's called at this time but will find out and post back when I do.
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Post by: trophyhunt on March 30, 2018, 10:18:09 AM
Thanks trophyhunt. As long as it doesn't become/turn stage 2 we should be good in a few months. Also you are correct not every tick has it and it's still not a common thing in (WA) unlike east coast.keep us posted please.
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Post by: trophyhunt on March 30, 2018, 10:24:18 AM
I have a buddy with it down in Arkansas. Took him over a year to get over it. It is the only reason why I no longer kill every opossum I see. (They are quite delicious BTW) they are immune to that disease and Hoover up ticks like a Kirby vacume cleaner.wow, did not know that, good to hear.
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What's the best treatment for dogs tick prevention?
I give my WPG Nexgard. This year I found the first tick on her back in late February or early March after a walk out in Vail. The Nexgard is a monthly treatment which kills the ticks once they bite the dog. I just brush her fur really well before coming in the house and then again a couple hours later. I'll usually brush out a couple dead ticks a couple hours. My dog's just a ball of hair though, so she's just a magnet for ticks. Never found a flee on her though. :tup:
Post by: huntingfool7 on April 27, 2018, 11:15:53 AM
I have a buddy with it down in Arkansas. Took him over a year to get over it. It is the only reason why I no longer kill every opossum I see. (They are quite delicious BTW) they are immune to that disease and Hoover up ticks like a Kirby vacume cleaner.This is based on a misleading "study" where a couple opossums were put in a glass cage with 100 ticks. The number of ticks removed by grooming was then multiplied and extrapolated out to wildly exaggerate their effectiveness. Government waste, useless grants and fake science all rolled into one.
Opossums are known to spread Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) disease to horses. Infection causes loss of muscle function and weakness.
They do not get a free pass around here.
Post by: Cylvertip on April 27, 2018, 12:34:17 PM
They are an invasive species and need to be culled at each and every opportunity. Just like ferrel cats. :mgun:
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Post by: Special T on April 30, 2018, 09:51:40 AM
I have a buddy with it down in Arkansas. Took him over a year to get over it. It is the only reason why I no longer kill every opossum I see. (They are quite delicious BTW) they are immune to that disease and Hoover up ticks like a Kirby vacume cleaner.This is based on a misleading "study" where a couple opossums were put in a glass cage with 100 ticks. The number of ticks removed by grooming was then multiplied and extrapolated out to wildly exaggerate their effectiveness. Government waste, useless grants and fake science all rolled into one.
Opossums are known to spread Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) disease to horses. Infection causes loss of muscle function and weakness.
They do not get a free pass around here.
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Post by: runamuk on April 30, 2018, 09:11:58 PM
The study took several species of animals and locked them up with a quantity of ticks. Opossums were more effective at grooming the pests off themselves than the other test subjects.I am now curious if the study included, guinea fowl, turkeys, chickens?
When I had horses EPM which is essentially lethal was not worth the risk. Opossim were not welcome on my farm. Now they get a pass as long as they stay in the wild. Skunks get the same pass.
Ticks however are awful I have found several on me after just moseying around work. I wasnt even near the brush. Its gonna be a wretched year.
At least most of you have someone to remove them. Imagine one you cant reach and no one to remove it :yike:
Post by: Gringo31 on May 01, 2018, 05:45:04 AM
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At least most of you have someone to remove them. Imagine one you cant reach and no one to remove it
Run,
I'm sure a request for help would......... work :chuckle:
Post by: Pinetar on May 01, 2018, 06:12:35 PM
QuoteAt least most of you have someone to remove them. Imagine one you cant reach and no one to remove it
Get a pet Opossum then we will all know if it is true and we can put this nasty thread to rest!! :chuckle:
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Post by: mdbuck5x5 on May 04, 2018, 10:23:11 AM
I was in the NE corner last weekend and my hunting partner had 3 on him. I had sprayed down with permethrin and didn't have any on me.
Thats exactly what I used last weekend up there and didn't have a one on me either after picking up 9 the weekend before with no permethrin.
Post by: 7mmfan on May 04, 2018, 10:26:14 AM
Post by: huntingfool7 on May 06, 2018, 11:12:04 PM
So they don't actually eat the ticks u less they try to attach to an opossum?
@Special T
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825780/
6 species afflicted with 100 ticks each. It's a study based on grooming behaviors.
Mice in particular are important in the life cycle of ticks. One tactic for reducing ticks in a given area is to put out cotton balls treated with permethrin. The mice use it to line their nests, killing the ticks that would feed on the young.
Post by: Curly on May 07, 2018, 07:42:07 AM
I hate blood suckers. >:(
Post by: Special T on May 07, 2018, 08:39:11 AM
Interesting, I had not read that study. I had read an article on a study, that I posted here on HW about lowering ticks by applying some kind of tick killer on mice and squirrels. It didn't kill the animals but a brush applied anti tick stuff much like the rollers used to apply it to deer and elk.So they don't actually eat the ticks u less they try to attach to an opossum?
@Special T
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825780/
6 species afflicted with 100 ticks each. It's a study based on grooming behaviors.
Mice in particular are important in the life cycle of ticks. One tactic for reducing ticks in a given area is to put out cotton balls treated with permethrin. The mice use it to line their nests, killing the ticks that would feed on the young.
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Post by: Jonathan_S on June 08, 2018, 04:47:07 PM
So they don't actually eat the ticks u less they try to attach to an opossum?
@Special T
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825780/
6 species afflicted with 100 ticks each. It's a study based on grooming behaviors.
Mice in particular are important in the life cycle of ticks. One tactic for reducing ticks in a given area is to put out cotton balls treated with permethrin. The mice use it to line their nests, killing the ticks that would feed on the young.
Good read thank you
Post by: O. hemionus on July 04, 2018, 02:33:19 PM
Post by: Special T on July 09, 2018, 04:23:29 PM
Bad stuff, and there is a new kind of tick that has made its way into New Jersey, the east asian tick.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/02/27/588408433/asian-ticks-mysteriously-turned-up-on-a-new-jersey-sheep
Post by: huntingfool7 on September 22, 2020, 06:42:19 AM
Bad science by crooked scientists with an agenda. STOP SPREADING THEIR LIES!!!!
Post by: Angry Perch on September 22, 2020, 10:13:57 AM
Bumping this to the top. It's well past time that we stop spreading that ANTI propaganda that possums eat 5,000 ticks a year.
Bad science by crooked scientists with an agenda. STOP SPREADING THEIR LIES!!!!
Isn't this like saying people with lice kill 90 percent of the lice on their heads, therefore it would be beneficial for everyone to have lice?
Post by: Special T on September 22, 2020, 01:04:57 PM
Bumping this to the top. It's well past time that we stop spreading that ANTI propaganda that possums eat 5,000 ticks a year.
Bad science by crooked scientists with an agenda. STOP SPREADING THEIR LIES!!!!
Isn't this like saying people with lice kill 90 percent of the lice on their heads, therefore it would be beneficial for everyone to have lice?
Um I cannot follow that comparison. If you want a reason to kill opossum like me we need other effective means to do so. I HATE ticks, and LOVE to eat Opossum so better ways to control Ticks is a Win Win for me!
Post by: Big6bull on October 01, 2020, 06:24:26 AM