Winter Kill off of Ticks

[MikePal]

Well as the Arctic Vortex recedes, it'll be interesting to see if an almost full month of sub -15 temps will have affected the Tick populations.

My wife decided to keep the lads on their Bravecto year round this year because of fears that we were having a late fall and a forecasted early spring.

It's getting worse every year, wonder what will happen if these cold temps don't work to knock them back.

[Cass]

From what I've read harsh winters have very little effect on tick populations as they are dormant anyways.

[MikePal]

Your right...I always thought they died off in cold temp, I'm so disappointed...

This guy does a little experiment...his test temp is -16 Celsius.....very unscientific LOL

[bdog]

Those little buggers are like the coxk roaches of the woods, I don't think a nuclear fall out would hurt em, love the guys boots, the good ole black and red rubbers...

[terrym]

Ooh Krappp. Was hoping the extreme cold knocked them down.

[jlmorgan]

Those little buggers are like the coxk roaches of the woods, I don't think a nuclear fall out would hurt em, love the guys boots, the good ole black and red rubbers...

My feet are cold just looking at them, lol

[bdog]

My feet are cold just looking at them, lol

no kiddin eh, brings back memories from about 50yrs ago...lol

[dilly]

The cold must do something to them cause I don’t remember them being around at all when is was a kid. Maybe it needs to be successive cold winters, but for me, I’ve never considered them until these past five years or so.

[jaycee]

Ticks are hard to kill, my daughter pulled one off her dog and put it into an airtight pill bottle and forgot about it for over two weeks , when she finally remembered it , it was still alive. Mind you this was during the summer and it was in a hot vehicle .
If they can withstand extreme heat and no oxygen , I am sure that the cold won't affect them much.

[yellow dog]

Just picked up another Seresto collar this weekend for my dog for that very reason. She will be wearing it year round and I will not take any chances considering the areas I hunt.