How long do deer carry ticks during the year. I don't have a pickup truck, so i put the deer in the trunk of my car to transport to the butcher, Would the ticks get off the deer and into the car. Or would they stay on the dead deer.
It depends on how long it's been dead. As the deer's body temp decreases, the ticks will leave but that can take some time. I'm guessing that you most often have a warm deer though, so I think you're out of luck.
The small bugs (some people call them deer or seed ticks) you see on deer, mostly, aren't ticks. Not sure that makes a diff. for the orig. question.
When the deer dies the ticks will fall off when the temp starts to fall. I have hung them in the garage and could hear them falling off onto the cardboard I placed to keep the blood off the floor. It won't take long and if the deer has ticks you will have them in your trunk. Best bet is to have a buddy bring the deer in the bed of a PU truck or strap the deer on the car's roof/ hood/ trunk.
What bugs are you referring to? Deer ticks are ticks and seed ticks are a larva stage of a tick I believe. Strange but i find alot more ticks on myself than i've ever found on any deer.
I do taxidermy on the side and I have had deer come in with ticks during the middle of winter! So its hard to say whether or not the ticks ever leave lol
Ticks I figured it out, I'll put a class 1 trailer hitch on my compact hunting car. Then i'll get one of those metle grate platforms and put the deer on that. I remember seeing them used by jeep wrangler owners during deer season. Cheaper than a new truck.
What most people call deer ticks aren't ticks. They're parasites. I have a buddy who's an entomologist...and he has me collect ticks for him, every year. I collected about 10 "ticks" last year....only to find they weren't ticks at all. If you're really interested, I'll find out the proper name.
http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/ticks Please do. Here in Pa "Deer Ticks" and "Blacklegged Ticks" are the same thing. Listed on the link above, 2nd one down. I'm confused because a tick is a parasite.
1 min. internet search Lepotena mazamae "deer ked" These arthropods, often refereed to as "deer ticks" are actually wingless flies. The adult is about 1/8 of an inch long and they live in the hair of the animal. They are well adapted to this existence and feed on blood. They can live on the deer for up to 6 months. The blood feeding activity produces irritation and can result in hair loss and an anemia. Animals in poor condition with heavy infestations may experience difficulty in severe winters. Transmission from one animal to another is by direct contact. This species appears to be restricted to infesting only deer.
Ok smart ass. What i'm saying is that here in Pa our deer Ticks ("Blacklegged Ticks", Ixodes scapularis) are 100% ticks. They have 8 legs not 6 like "Lepotena mazamae". They are what we find in Pa, thats why i was confused when you said most people. The flies you listed are found in the southeastern united states.
http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/pdf/deerked.pdf Here's ONE. It's not even the one I quoted. But, it still only took 1 minute.
Its says nothing about being found in Pa or even the northest which is what i'm talking about. Plus its a different scientific name than what you posted earlier. Lepotena mazamae (spelled incorrectly I believe) are found in the Southeast where you are. When you said "most people" you must have been talking about "most people" that live in your area.
Is PA not in NORTH AMERICA? Read it, again. Listen....I don't care to get into a pissing match with you over entomology. My friend (the entomologist) said what most hunters think are ticks.....aren't. I just relayed what he said. From the PSU study..... . Are you OK with it worded like that?
Calm down, i'm not saying what you hate to hear the most. You're not wrong for your area. My problem with that statement is that in all of my experiences outdoors (work and pleasure) I literally pull atleast 5-10 ticks (blacklegged aka deer ticks) off myself or others per week. I'm not sure i've ever came across a "deer Ked". So when you say "most people" it seems incorrect for my area, thats why i questioned what it was.
