Ticks, skeeters, serpents, and itchy plants!

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Carpdaddy
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Ticks, skeeters, serpents, and itchy plants!

#1 Post by Carpdaddy »

:? Most of the places I hunt here in Kentucky require preparation for these tormentors! Hunting early season without tick spray can lead to a very unpleasant experience to say the least. The place I most often hunt is low land near the river, it gets totally under water during the rainy season. This helps keep down the ticks and snakes but the abundance of skeeters make up for it. Higher elevations equals deer ticks in abundance. Poison Ivy grows up and around most trees in the swampy areas near the river also, we often have to trim the stuff for shooting lanes, I sometimes climb trees full of it. :(
What are the nemesis in your hunting areas?

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#2 Post by Captainkirk »

Carpdaddy wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2019 5:43 am
What are the nemesis in your hunting areas?
Illinoisans 8-)
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Quads n xbows
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#4 Post by Jamesh76 »

Set 5 stands today..... got seed ticks all over me. 1 stand was 40 yards into the timber. The rest were field edges.

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#5 Post by Elkman »

They weren't on your list, but I was within 500 yards of our stands on private ground I have permission to hunt and there were 2 Mountain Lions.

Up in the mountains here we'll have the occasional tick. Sometimes the skeeters are pretty enoying. Some areas have rattle snakes.

I have run into porcupine and skunk.

Probably the most worrisome critter would be the Grizzly bear in areas.
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#6 Post by Carpdaddy »

I’ll keep my Ticks and skeeters Tom, you keep the Lions & Grizzlies! :shock:

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#7 Post by stumper »

Armadillos have gotten really active under my stand a few times. X bow hunters too, so loud and unawares they've walked right next to my stand and not known it until I hissed at them.
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#8 Post by Captainkirk »

Y'all can have your snakes. We have a few here, but not many.
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#9 Post by stumper »

Snakes are friendly around these parts.
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#10 Post by Captainkirk »

stumper wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:14 am Snakes are friendly around these parts.
Dead snakes are more friendly, and tend to bite less frequently as well. 8-)
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