wood ticks in Alberta????

u_cant_rope_the_wind · #1 06-02-2011, 04:32 PM

has Alberta inherited those ugly things yet ???
this part of Saskatchewan is Absolutely horribly over run with them,
they take the fun out of being out in the bush or high grass this time of year

C Taylor · #2 06-02-2011, 05:30 PM

our moose can get them bad,moose look good this year though. I have seen them on deer, but I've been lucky and never have had one on me.

st99 · #3 06-02-2011, 06:04 PM

Yeah this time of year it can be hell to hike in sheep country, one day me and my wife just kept fliking them. We didn't stay for a long time, but still found some in the house 2 weeks after.

Pudelpointer · #4 06-02-2011, 06:18 PM

Had two on me yesterday out east of Medicine Hat.

FWIW, the dog and I are out all year long around Lethbridge, and I hunt the foothills a lot, and these are the first two I have had on me (in AB) in 7 years.

Geez. Now I'm all itchy.

cochranenite · #5 06-02-2011, 10:10 PM

found one after i went out for a hike behind exshaw, even after i had a shower it finally crawled up my back before i went to bed, that was creepy

Alberta Bigbore · #6 06-02-2011, 10:26 PM

you all SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK !!

i hate them damn things...... I had hoped wood ticks stayed in manitoba and would stopped at that stink hole city regina.

ack... now i dont want to go in the woods

hopefully they stay down in south eastern alberta

C Taylor · #7 06-02-2011, 11:33 PM

kind of off the topic but i did come across some creepy suckers yesterday, old trail that the beavers damed, on the down stream side in the tire ruts were 1000s of leeches even crawling onto land! best guide would of had bait for years!

u_cant_rope_the_wind · #8 06-03-2011, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Alberta Bigbore

you all SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK !!

i hate them damn things...... I had hoped wood ticks stayed in manitoba and would stopped at that stink hole city regina.

ack... now i dont want to go in the woods

hopefully they stay down in south eastern alberta

X2 I dont blame you one little bit ,
just thinking of them gives me the hebie jeebies

gonefishin · #9 06-03-2011, 01:00 AM

Had one on me after a day of shed hunting this spring; it wasn't in me, I just felt it crawling and then thaught it was a good idea to show the wife... in hind sight, a little heads up for you guys... don't show the wife.

winger7mm · #10 06-10-2011, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gonefishin

Had one on me after a day of shed hunting this spring; it wasn't in me, I just felt it crawling and then thaught it was a good idea to show the wife... in hind sight, a little heads up for you guys... don't show the wife.

yeah I had one in my armpit last year felt the thing crawing with the wife sitting beside me it was pretty hard not to make a notice to what was going on, I know for a fact if the wife knew I had it, i wouldve spent a few nights or more at least on the couch if not a tent in the yard LMFAO

Redfrog · #11 06-10-2011, 09:29 PM

I haven't seen any around here, but I suppose it's just a matter of time. Clock's running..........tick...tock...tick..

Noel · #12 06-10-2011, 10:29 PM

I like the ones you find wandering around the shower the day after a hike and you have no idea where it can from.

ram crazy · #13 06-10-2011, 11:43 PM

I found one on me the last week of April, I thought that was little early!!!!

Alberta Bigbore · #14 06-11-2011, 12:04 AM

seriously... i dont undersatand how manitobans go hunting for turkeys in spring ....sitting in the tall grass.... yikes

RUM · #15 06-11-2011, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Alberta Bigbore

seriously... i dont undersatand how manitobans go hunting for turkeys in spring ....sitting in the tall grass.... yikes

I was there second week of May for my annual bear hunt. While not the worst I've seen them out there, far from the best, my bear was absolutely covered in them. I have not doubt that a couple hitched a ride in the truck back this way!

That being said, never found one on me out here.

Nikanit · #16 06-12-2011, 06:51 PM

We rescued a farm dog a year ago, and the vets removed over 250 of them from her, she had come from southern sask

greylynx · #17 06-13-2011, 11:48 AM

If you are choosey and want at least three different species of tick on you, take a walk around Chin Lake, south of Taber.

Bearen09 · #18 06-13-2011, 12:01 PM

Set up a treestand in real deep. Peeled of some layers and hung stand. I noticed them everywere hundreds. I hit a nest and they were everywere. It was in the Edmonton bow zone. The most distusting this ever. Threw everything out and found out the ones I had don't bite just srew and make more.I did't no what they were so I hunted all evening with them crawling on me.