I feel very fortunate that I've never contracted Lyme's as I've pulled a bunch of Ticks off me over the years. I've always processed my own deer, and we had a Walk-in cooler (converted reefer truck) at deer camp, and would hang/aged them with the hide on for several days until I left camp. When I would take them out of the cooler to the skinning shed to process, the ticks would come to life and be crawling all over them, and me.

Sadly, we never took Lyme's very serious back in the day, but have become much more cautious of ticks the last ten years or so.

I've processed somewhere between 75-100 deer during that time so I'm extremely greatful that I've never gotten sick.