deer keds

[Woodcock survey]

Having hunted deer for 50 years from Maine to Pennsylvania Sat. my son shot a buck that at first seemed to be infested with ticks, nothing new there. Upon a closer look they were deer keds according to Google. Having never seen them before i was wondering what experiences others have had with them.

At every turn lately a new invasive is turning up.

[6pt-Sika]

That’s a new one on me !

[Woodcock survey]

if you google them they seem to be an invasive from europe with a strange life cycle. they have been in some parts of the country for some time.
My sons and friends have been butchering our deer for some time since it became too expensive to have it done and this is a first. They are very obvious in that they move much faster than a tick.