David, we have deer ticks here so thick they keep some hunters out of the woods. A friend who bowhunts has come out of the woods after a morning's hunt with literally more than 80 ticks on his clothing and body. We finally have medical professionals here who know what to look for in diagnosing Lyme Disease. It wasn't so long ago that people would suffer from the devastating effects of Lyme for years before they were properly diagnosed. But it isn't just the deer that are the carriers of these ticks.... mice, birds, squirrels, skunks, raccoons, just about any warm-blooded critter that inhabits the same areas where there are ticks.
That little 12 acre piece of woods where those ten deer are in my picture was so overrun with deer ticks that I would not allow my grandkids in there and that picture is taken from my kitchen window.
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