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Buggy surprise on my first BC deer
Just a friendly reminder that ticks are still alive and crawling around on the animals we harvest.
Harvested my (first bc) deer yesterday and dragged 500m through deep snow to the truck. Brought it home and noticed these suckers crawling around on the deer. Squished the 2 I saw and checked myself over.
https://i.imgur.com/109nRf5.jpg
Skinned it out last night and left the hide inside the shop. Woke up to see a couple dozen ticks sitting on the surface.
Hunting in Alberta I never even thought about or saw ticks on an animal. Now I'll be a bit more diligent on checking myself after skinning/gutting my harvest.
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those are not ticks they are called keds Lipoptena cervi
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Wideopen . Are they a problem for humans ?
Arctic Lake
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wideopenthrottle
those are not ticks they are called keds Lipoptena cervi
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Arctic Lake
Wideopen . Are they a problem for humans ?
Arctic Lake
Their bites last quite a while... We find them and Ticks on the deer we harvest in region 8.. the difference is Keds have a thorax and ticks dont (seasame shaped)
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And adult ticks have 8 legs (4 on each side). Always good to be extra cautious either way OP. Congrats on your first BC deer BTW. 500m is a good drag - hopefully it was downhill
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according to mr google they can bite and leave an itchy swelling that lasts several days
Lipoptena cervi - Wikipedia ked
Dermacentor variabilis - Wikipedia wood tick
Ixodes pacificus - Wikipedia one type of deer tick
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Every deer I've ever shot here on the island has been crawling with ticks all over. I don't look too hard but I've seen up to 20 on a single deer. I've even had them jump from the deer and crawl up my legs as I dress a deer out. I've seen lots of videos and pictures of guys packing deer out like a backpack and things, it makes me cringe, I'm surprised to not hear hunters talk about ticks more when handling their kills.
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Thank You !
Arctic Lake
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wideopenthrottle
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jshansen
Every deer I've ever shot here on the island has been crawling with ticks all over. I don't look too hard but I've seen up to 20 on a single deer. I've even had them jump from the deer and crawl up my legs as I dress a deer out. I've seen lots of videos and pictures of guys packing deer out like a backpack and things, it makes me cringe, I'm surprised to not hear hunters talk about ticks more when handling their kills.
I'm actually horrified of those damn things.
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wideopenthrottle
Great Info - Thxs for posting it up ! RJ