Squirrels and Ticks.

[mpan72]

Well, the only solution I know beside spraying your clothes and exposed skin with repellant is to try and get the PGC and state environment agencies of PA. and surrounding states involved in some type of aerial spraying to kill off these damn ticks. At some point the PGC and other Gov. agencies are going to have to man up to doing something because the way I see it, it's not going away and it's getting worst every year.

I don't know what is out there today but most pesticides that could kill enough to make a big difference might be harmful to beneficial critters. Not to mention I don't know if the PGC has the power to do something like that.

[Badger Tuff]

I don't know what is out there today but most pesticides that could kill enough to make a big difference might be harmful to beneficial critters. Not to mention I don't know if the PGC has the power to do something like that.

I don't know if the PGC even wants to do anything about the ticks, other than give you advice how to protect yourself when you're in the woods.
Like I said the ticks aren't going away and it's getting worst each year.

[bigandy1966]

I have never given ticks a second thouht, skin them in the field and left this ticks in the woods. Put the squirrels in a plastic bag. We had a buck loaded with ticks, threw the hide away in a garbage bag.

[wamba]

I wonder what butcher shops do about ticks. They must get animals in that have them.

[God's Country]

I'm not sure what the fuss is about. Other then having a tick jump hosts.

[Badger Tuff]

I'm not sure what the fuss is about. Other then having a tick jump hosts.

Did you ever have to dig a tick out of your skin? Have you ever seen somebody devastated by a tick bite? I have and it's not pretty. Hope you never have this happen to you.

[Badger Tuff]

I wonder what butcher shops do about ticks. They must get animals in that have them.

Not sure but I would hope the butcher would take care of himself with some kind of repellent.

[bigandy1966]

I wonder what butcher shops do about ticks. They must get animals in that have them.

I believe butchers have to have a separate processing area for deer, or they cannot do both wild game and domestic animals without a total cleaning with bleach

[God's Country]

Did you ever have to dig a tick out of your skin? Have you ever seen somebody devastated by a tick bite? I have and it's not pretty. Hope you never have this happen to you.

Yes, just did a few days ago. I do it a few times a year. I don't lose sleep over it, and I certainly wouldn't toss good meat out over it, or expect the PGC or the gov to do something about it. To each his own I guess.

I'm not minimizing Lyme disease, or the people that suffer from it. I'm also not going to let it stop me from enjoying the only thing I truly enjoy in life......hunting.

[mpan72]

I believe butchers have to have a separate processing area for deer, or they cannot do both wild game and domestic animals without a total cleaning with bleach

I asked a butcher friend several years ago. He told me he would be breaking the law if he butchered a wild animal in his shop.