PSA: heavy tick season is here

[kansasdad]

With a warmer winter than average, tick season is looking to be a heavy one in many parts of the country. Understanding where ticks hang out, where they like to attach to your skin, and having plans for removal should they be attached should be a core knowledge of all outdoors folks.

Google AI provides these suggestions for reducing tick problems:

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[F250]

Sprayed all our hiking and turkey hunting clothes with permethrin yesterday. Ticks are really bad this year !!

 

[mtmiller]

I learned something cool today. If you find a tick before he is embedded, it just floats in the toilet (n=lots). Now if you find a tick stuck in your dog, but not yet bloated, he sinks in the toilet bowl (n=1).

IMG_3111 by Craig Miller, on Flickr