Ticks...

[KJK]

Pulled a few cameras yesterday, and found this pic interesting. Have always seen ticks on deer, but the amount on this ones ears seemed a bit excessive. I also had very rarely seen a tick on the actual horn in velvet.

 

[Mike Belt]

Nasty looking. I've seen deer that appeared not to have room for any more ticks. They were one mass of bumps.

 

[MUP]

I remember the first tcam pics I ever got from my first tcam. The ticks on the back of a deers ears looked like a bunch of grapes. I had no clue it was ticks.

 

[TNReb]

Aaaand this is just one of the reasons I have zero desire to hunt deer in August.

 

[bowmaker48]

Similar situation on a buck from last year. That has to be uncomfortable.



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[SJS]

Just pulled some cameras in Houston Co. Worse I've seen it in 20 years. One doe has so many around her one eye I don't think she can see.

 

[fairchaser]

Just goes to show what deer must deal with to make a living in the wild.

 

[Matador]

Aaaand this is just one of the reasons I have zero desire to hunt deer in August.

X-2

 

[Heath423]

Aaaand this is just one of the reasons I have zero desire to hunt deer in August.

X-2

X-3

 

[gator-n-buck]

Dang.... That's got to hurt.

 

[Jmed]

you'll never see more chiggers and seed ticks than on a velvet racked buck.

 

[MUP]

you'll never see more chiggers and seed ticks than on a velvet racked buck.

I'm out.

 

[jpierce111]

This doe and several others on my trail cam this year like this.

 

[AT Hiker]

Proof why very few actually make pretty mounts.
That deer will likely have zero hair in the back of his ears come Nov, August it will be paper thin and likely rip when the taxidermist starts the skin prep process.

Here is one I had the pleasure working with, it was a Northern middle TN Dec cape too.

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[JCDEERMAN]

I'm scratching myself just looking at this thread

 

['borohunter]

Wow - we'll see how many brave the velvet hunt...

 

[scn]

I killed a big doe opening weekend at LBL one year. I grabbed her ears without looking to face her uphill to field dress her. I immediately felt the crawling on my hand. My hand was covered with seed ticks.

I think that may have been the last deer I killed before mid-October.

 

[TheLBLman]

Just based on my inventory of trail cam pics,
ticks are much more "active" in late August vs. late September,
but remain at really dangerous levels until at least mid-October
(for those not using targeted tick sprays).

 

[Old cull buck hunter]

ugh

 

[Carlos]

We should all set one of these out in the Spring. The rollers are treated with Permethrin, as the critters feed on the corn, its applied to their ears and neck.

One of these days I'm gonna build one.

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