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Snow cover doesn't help around here. You can still get covered walking through thick brush...also, they'll be crawling on you if you spend much time in a tree stand.

We don't seem to have as many as we did prior to last winter which gave us an extended period of really cold weather. We never used to have any in Northern NY, then a few started to show up in the late '80's, early '90's.

Know I got mine bird hunting with a friend.
Never get any on the hardwood ridges I usually bow hunt, and once into December they really aren't active where I hunt in the snow (I hope we get some for tracking).

Here's what I know from various credible medical resources gathered over the years:

1. Pulling a tick out with tweezers, fingernails, etc, as soon as you see it is the most reliable method with the fewest complications.

2. The mouth parts left behind when you pull out a tick is not its head, and will work out of your skin in a few hours to a few days, usually with no ill effects.

2. Applying noxious substances to the tick to make it back out is popular among folk-healing advocates, but actually increases the risk of transmitting infection. The tick can and usually does regurgitate saliva and stomach contents into your skin in response to the noxious stimulant, greatly increasing the risk of infection.

But go ahead and do what you uncle/dad/neighbor advises if that makes you feel better.