|
|
Post by astronankin on Apr 28, 2024 13:58:37 GMT -5
I'm hypersensitive so I don't generally worry too much. If they're on me directly I'll feel them. It's probably been 10 years or a little less since we found one enjoying me. But the other day I did find a little tiny guy figuring out my water bottle while I was hunting turkeys.
|
|
|
|
Post by boman on Apr 29, 2024 16:17:56 GMT -5
so Duff, in spite of the ticks did you hear any male woodcock peeting or see any displaying?
Steve
|
|
|
|
Post by duff on Apr 29, 2024 19:55:24 GMT -5
so Duff, in spite of the ticks did you hear any male woodcock peeting or see any displaying? Steve We had 1 before official start time so couldn't count it but 98% certain it was 1. I heard it call like 4 times then it quit. Neighbor had several in his field doing their dance back in Feb so I think we were a bit late |
|
|
|
Post by ms660 on Apr 29, 2024 20:52:55 GMT -5
I killed my bird Thursday and it was a pretty good walk back to my truck so I left my decoys stashed and thought I would come back and get them on my SXS. Later after work, I went back out in jeans and work shirt which had not been treated with permethrin. I got back to the Honda Pioneer and felt something crawling on my arms. There were six tiny ticks on one arm and my shirt and jeans had God only knows how many on them. I stripped down to my underwear and hightailed it back home as fast as the Pioneer would go and took a 1/2 hour long hot shower. Never found any stuck on me, glad I didn't see anybody on my way home while in my skivvies.LOL
|
|
|
|
Post by astronankin on Apr 29, 2024 21:15:46 GMT -5
I killed my bird Thursday and it was a pretty good walk back to my truck so I left my decoys stashed and thought I would come back and get them on my SXS. Later after work, I went back out in jeans and work shirt which had not been treated with permethrin. I got back to the Honda Pioneer and felt something crawling on my arms. There were six tiny ticks on one arm and my shirt and jeans had God only knows how many on them. I stripped down to my underwear and hightailed it back home as fast as the Pioneer would go and took a 1/2 hour long hot shower. Never found any stuck on me, glad I didn't see anybody on my way home while in my skivvies.LOL That's a lot of ticks. They must be happy in the area you were in. |
|
|
|
Post by duff on Apr 30, 2024 4:11:54 GMT -5
It is like a cloud when they are small. Highly concentrated in one area and will latch on to anything warm blooded. After they find some blood they get dispersed as they fall off their host.
They are happy all over our state and many others. If you have not experienced a new nest like that it is shocking. Even when I thought I got them all I had 6 ticks I pulled off after 1 to 3 days. I knew better, just didn't think I would be in the woods enough to get them.
|
|
|
|
Post by boman on Apr 30, 2024 7:20:40 GMT -5
so Duff, in spite of the ticks did you hear any male woodcock peeting or see any displaying? Steve We had 1 before official start time so couldn't count it but 98% certain it was 1. I heard it call like 4 times then it quit. Neighbor had several in his field doing their dance back in Feb so I think we were a bit late They're neat little birds. I was part of a banding team while at Purdue back in the late 60"s. we used a mist net and a recording of a male to capture them for banding. Now there's teams up in Michigan where I hunt and other northern states that use pointing dogs for banding when the broods are young and chicks are still flightless as well as ongoing studies as populations have been under pressure due to habitat loss etc. Steve |
|
|
|
Post by duff on Apr 30, 2024 9:11:58 GMT -5
We had 1 before official start time so couldn't count it but 98% certain it was 1. I heard it call like 4 times then it quit. Neighbor had several in his field doing their dance back in Feb so I think we were a bit late They're neat little birds. I was part of a banding team while at Purdue back in the late 60"s. we used a mist net and a recording of a male to capture them for banding. Now there's teams up in Michigan where I hunt and other northern states that use pointing dogs for banding when the broods are young and chicks are still flightless as well as ongoing studies as populations have been under pressure due to habitat loss etc. Steve I was helping my wife. She works for HNF what a gig! |
|
|
|
Post by boman on Apr 30, 2024 22:21:18 GMT -5
They're neat little birds. I was part of a banding team while at Purdue back in the late 60"s. we used a mist net and a recording of a male to capture them for banding. Now there's teams up in Michigan where I hunt and other northern states that use pointing dogs for banding when the broods are young and chicks are still flightless as well as ongoing studies as populations have been under pressure due to habitat loss etc. Steve I was helping my wife. She works for HNF what a gig! I hear ya, payscale is pretty low if just starting out but can be rewarding if one has a passion for being outdoors. One of my buddies who went on to grad school spent a year and a half working with two guys doing Mt.Lion research in New Mexico. He was in charge of a pack of hounds they used to run and tree the lions for capture to get data. He said it was one of the coolest jobs he ever had---LOL---getting paid to go hunting Steve |
|
|
|
Post by duff on May 1, 2024 5:02:58 GMT -5
I was helping my wife. She works for HNF what a gig! I hear ya, payscale is pretty low if just starting out but can be rewarding if one has a passion for being outdoors. One of my buddies who went on to grad school spent a year and a half working with two guys doing Mt.Lion research in New Mexico. He was in charge of a pack of hounds they used to run and tree the lions for capture to get data. He said it was one of the coolest jobs he ever had---LOL---getting paid to go hunting Steve I went to school to be a fish biologist. Was signed up for grad school and ready to compete for a sub $20k/yr job in late 90s when I realized that would not be doable. Got my undergrad degree and got a job with IDEM 60% higher wage than being hired as assistant fish biologist for IDNR. No master degree either. Those biologist jobs are easily filled so tough competition. Feds are better than the state. But not by much when working for usda. |
|
|
|
Post by Ahawkeye on May 19, 2024 12:24:42 GMT -5
|
|
