Quote Originally Posted by Ketchn View Post
ticks ? never seen any on hogs here , you been on the wrong ranch if them hogs got em in Texas ....
cattle guys eliminated them to some degree is my guess , years ago they were thick in lots of spots , about 25 or 30 years ago or even further back ....my grandpas place down near dimebox was flat out infested with them things back in 70 eez ....
last time I even saw one in Texas was about 3 years ago on my pants leg .....not many around anymore
but we never really had many in the places I travel these days if any .....
I do not like ticks btw , got a scar on the inside of my knee still from about 50 years ago when one buried its head so deep it never came out !
nasty animals for sure .....will say this though ....
our dog got totally INFESTED with the dang things in Missouri a few years ago near Branson in 3 days just walking outside to use the potty , it was horrifying to say the least ,sure brought back some bad memories of the back when .....
she was covered in what we call "seed" ticks , not many adult versions on her , but zillions of them tiny ones ....
it was very not fun for sure
My guess it was 12 years or so ago I went to a deer camp about 1-1/2 hrs below and west of San Antonio. Hogs were forbidden to be brought back to the camp due to the amount of ticks they had. When someone killed a hog they cut the hams off of it where it dropped and left the rest behind. I just assumed it was that bad everywhere in Texas. There's something to bite you, stick you, just all around harm you down there.