The thing I'm most 'scared' of in the woods....

[Mirvin 264]

I've had it for 6 years.It will ruin your life.

It can also kill you too, kinda like a VIRUS?

 

[mrauditor]

Snakes? Pfft. No. Bears? Nope. Big cats (and all the black panthers in the state)? Nope. Zombie coyote wolf hybrids? No.
The thing I hate the most in the woods is..... TICKS!
Went to the cabin last Sunday (23rd) and was doing some work on my fruit trees and didn't use any spray as it wasn't handy. Pulled a little tick cruising my fore arm driving home. After a really hot shower, just felt like stuff was crawling on me all night even though when I'd check a spot there was nothing.
Fast forward to last Thursday, washing (what's left of) my hair and felt something around one of my temples. Yep, tick. It was in the exact spot that would be behind the sidearms on my glasses. Sneaky bastage. He was attached. He was pretty healthy. Pulled him off and he went down the drain. No pain so didn't worry too much about it even though the "24 hour attached" rule was in my mind. Late the next day, the bite site was starting to look a little infected and was pretty sore. Of course it was too late to get into a doctor at that point and I will NEVER go to a 'doc in the box' again. Saturday felt pretty miserable, headache, VERY fatigued and felt like I was going to pass out every time I stood up from doing yard work. Of coure zero idea if it was related. Sunday was better but still a little run down. Felt normal today but after reading too much about tick borne diseases, I still went to see the doctor (which I almost NEVER do). Prescription for antibiotic and hopefully that's that.
I guess I didn't realize Lyme's disease was as awful and long lasting as it is.
I just don't want the one where you can't eat meat. I'd have to shoot myself. Got to be better than starvation.

I knew a tick was going to be the answer to your post since I am a native son of the Deep South and have had too many encounters with ticks and redbugs to even guess. Thanks for the memories. LOL

 

[Bypass]

Snakes? Pfft. No. Bears? Nope. Big cats (and all the black panthers in the state)? Nope. Zombie coyote wolf hybrids? No.
The thing I hate the most in the woods is..... TICKS!
Went to the cabin last Sunday (23rd) and was doing some work on my fruit trees and didn't use any spray as it wasn't handy. Pulled a little tick cruising my fore arm driving home. After a really hot shower, just felt like stuff was crawling on me all night even though when I'd check a spot there was nothing.
Fast forward to last Thursday, washing (what's left of) my hair and felt something around one of my temples. Yep, tick. It was in the exact spot that would be behind the sidearms on my glasses. Sneaky bastage. He was attached. He was pretty healthy. Pulled him off and he went down the drain. No pain so didn't worry too much about it even though the "24 hour attached" rule was in my mind. Late the next day, the bite site was starting to look a little infected and was pretty sore. Of course it was too late to get into a doctor at that point and I will NEVER go to a 'doc in the box' again. Saturday felt pretty miserable, headache, VERY fatigued and felt like I was going to pass out every time I stood up from doing yard work. Of coure zero idea if it was related. Sunday was better but still a little run down. Felt normal today but after reading too much about tick borne diseases, I still went to see the doctor (which I almost NEVER do). Prescription for antibiotic and hopefully that's that.
I guess I didn't realize Lyme's disease was as awful and long lasting as it is.
I just don't want the one where you can't eat meat. I'd have to shoot myself. Got to be better than starvation.

Dang brother sorry to hear that. I hope those meds square you away. Yeah I hate ticks as well. One thing I've learned over the years is they are always worse near water.

 

[emptyMAGS]

Snakes? Pfft. No. Bears? Nope. Big cats (and all the black panthers in the state)? Nope. Zombie coyote wolf hybrids? No.
The thing I hate the most in the woods is..... TICKS!
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[Bypass]

Not to give you any more nightmare fuel but seed ticks are something I had never heard of before this spring. Wife & I had been hiking & anytime we went thru vegetation checked for ticks

After getting home & showering she asked me to look at some spots she had on her hip. They looked almost like little moles or flecks that wouldn't come off. Got some magnifying glasses & saw they were ticks.

Apparently when they just hatch they are tiny & look like seeds or just spots of dirt. Had to take tweezers & wear the glasses & pulled off over 70 of the little bastards then wiped the area with alcohol.

https://www.countryliving.com/life/news/a43076/seed-ticks-bites-kids/

 

[Old_School]

I was diagnosed with it back then. Had to go see an infectious disease doctor up in riverdale. Walked in looked around and came to the conclusion that I was the only one there who didn't have aids.
Told the girl at the desk that I'd be in my truck and to hollar at me when it was my time to go in.
Nasty stuff.

A friend's daughter has it. Took doctors 2 or 3 years to diagnose. She had a pic line for IV antibiotics for over a year. After 2 years, she's finally starting to feel better, but likely will be affected the rest of her life. Docs still say there no such thing as chronic lyme disease. They should tell her.

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[sniper22]

Yall gonna make me give up hunting all together...

 

[timbgtm]

Not sure I buy that. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, there were thousands of Lyme cases in GA. Then they changed the way it was diagnosed.

I personally know 3 people who have had it, and it was most likely from tick bites in GA.

Nonetheless, there are a *lot* of tick-borne diseases that can infect humans.

https://lymediseaseassociation.org/...s/georgia/georgia-tick-borne-disease-summary/

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I know of two people that have lime disease. One has to travel up north to see a md which specializes in therapies for treating lime disease. Its here, no doubt in my mind. Also those pesky little deer ticks. I hunted in middle ga and deer kills especially in archery season would be covered up with them.

 

[41mag]

Other than game warden, mountain cats and bears..... not much really.
I think being out isolated and fall , get hurt and lose communication, ect.....those things are scary to think about .
But i think being out in the woods is as such a reward that outweighs the fear.

 

[HERMET]

A friend's daughter has it. Took doctors 2 or 3 years to diagnose. She had a pic line for IV antibiotics for over a year. After 2 years, she's finally starting to feel better, but likely will be affected the rest of her life. Docs still say there no such thing as chronic lyme disease. They should tell her.

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Honestly don't believe I've ever fully recovered, my health has been on a downward spiral ever since and my brain gets muddled. That's my excuse anyway.