Are the Chicks and Tiggers all gone?

[smyrnagc]

Been spraying Permanone all season for ticks and chiggers and have pretty much not been bit yet. So my question is are they gone for the season in middle Tennessee? Just curious if I need to spray for opening weekend of muzzle loader.

 

[Matador]

As warm as it has been they still around.

 

[smyrnagc]

As warm as it has been they still around.

That's what I figured

 

[catman529]

Lol being 85 degrees they should be out for sure

Strangely I haven't got bit once in weeks, and haven't sprayed permethrin in weeks either. I don't know if I'm lucky or just not their favorite thing. Usually in September it's the worst. But I remember seeing ticks on a warm December day. The winter doesn't kill em, just puts em to sleep.


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[Boll Weevil]

In this weather ticks will be crawling on a carcass hanging in the shade or a deer in the truck bed within an hour of the critter hitting the dirt. They're nowhere near dead and will be looking for a new host so check yourself.

 

[spoon]

Haven't sprayed down in month nor have I been bitten by a chigger or seen a tick

 

[MT WSM]

Wore short sleeves at LBL last weekend and got a few chiggers on my arms and neck. There still out.

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[Vermin93]

Have not seen ticks my last few trips. I was so surprised that I got to wondering if the drought might be impacting them somehow.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Have not seen ticks my last few trips. I was so surprised that I got to wondering if the drought might be impacting them somehow.

Exactly what I've been thinking

 

[AT Hiker]

Yes they are still out and about. Dont expect them to go away anytime soon either. Found one on my daughter today[emoji20]


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[hillbillyfab]

Only ticks I've seen is a few on my ole lab. I haven't sprayed myself in weeks, but I'm going to come Saturday.

 

[knightrider]

Picked a tick off today

 

[Hunt 365]

Pulled tick off yesterday. No chiggers but not till a frost are they gone

 

[Winchester]

Alive and well

 

[Win94]

I'm usually a magnet for them, but strangly, I havent seen any in a while. I was hopng maybe they all dehydrated to death.

 

[poorhunter]

I've been able to bowhunt 6 times so far, and haven't seen a single tick. I think they're still there, but just low numbers this year. Don't bode well for next year!

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

There are still ticks out right now. Plenty of mosquitoes, spiders, and bees also. Seen a Timber Rattlesnake recently slithering across a road.

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

Alive and well

x2

 

[Mike Belt]

Can't say that I'll miss those tiggers but I really hate to see the chicks go, lol.

 

[smyrnagc]

Can't say that I'll miss those tiggers but I really hate to see the chicks go, lol.

That is not a dyslexic, misspelling. My buddy and I have always called them "Chicks and Tiggers".