cattle duster

[buckdeer1]

Has anyone tried hanging a cattle duster by a feeder to help with ticks.I think it would work they just have to brush up against it.My ticks are so bad that I have seen where it causes damage to their ears

 

[catscratch]

I've considered it, but always stopped short of doing it. Can't imagine that a pile of corn wouldn't get them to brush up under a rub or a curtain.

 

[buckdeer1]

This has to stress them

 

[catscratch]

I see the same on our place. Sometimes I see deer eating ticks off each other.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Burning your property will seriously decrease the number of ticks. Tick numbers in high enough levels will blind and even kill fawns outright from what I have read.

Another side effect of Eastern Red Cedar over taking the landscape is that they have actually documented increased numbers of ticks in areas with cedars as the cedars provide a microclimate more favorable to tick survival.

 

[catscratch]

We got some good burns last yr. Afraid to burn now because we have a lot of grass. A whole lot of grass!

I've read the same about ticks and cedars. Unfortunately with more and more ground being switched from cattle pasture to hunting pasture cedars are becoming more and more prevalent.

 

[1100LT20]

Release the Guinea fowl!