I suffered from the same paranoia at one time. I'd dream about them and not even want to go hunt or shed hunt. But the urge to explore and hunt took over that paranoia and now I have little fear of them. Same paranoia when I had a CWD deer and I ate the heart before I got the test back. More likely to die by hitting a moose or on the way to work or from the sickness we will not name.
All in all, very surprised about the bites from the larvae. I've never had one bite me and I always assumed they were too small to penetrate human skin. Hence why they have a life cycle of attaching to different hosts (mice/birds, then on to larger creatures when they evolve to nymph and then adult) they don't attach for life. They drop off a host every year to lay eggs. And male ticks don't pass lymes or feed on your blood(same as misquitoes).
But I certainly understand how it ruins a hunt. Most people I talk to, say they've never seen a tick.. but you can't get ticks hunting from the truck 🤣🤣
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