With Nice Weather Come Ticks

Spring is a beautiful time of year in this part of Wisconsin. The hills are alive with the sounds of wild turkeys gobbling and yelping. The mushrooms are pushing up through the leaf litter. The asparagus is coming up through the grass. Trees are leafing out and turning a gray landscape green again.

But with all the good stuff comes a little pest that you have to watch out for also. That little pest is the wood tick. While regular ticks are not much more than an inconvenience, the deer tick can be more of a problem. Deer ticks are tiny…..about the size of large grain of pepper. They crawl around until they find a spot they like and then burrow into your hide and begin to feed.

That’s nasty enough but some of them carry Lymes Disease which can be very dangerous if it goes untreated. Lymes makes some people very sick with muscle and joint pain and many other symptoms. It’s treatable with simple antibiotics though.

So when you get back from an excursion in the woods, take a good look at yourself from head to toe. If you find any unwanted guests, get rid of them before they have a chance to attach to you and cause problems. For my money, a tick or two is well worth the time spent in the outdoors at this great time of year.

Dan Bomkamp - Author & Host of "How's Fishing"

http://www.myoakpro.com/