It's the black legged deer tick that causes the problems here in W. Pa. Takse the fun out of everything . My Brittany was Lyme positive but didn't show symptoms. He had a lyme vaccine later and other anti-tick stuff. Takes the fun out of Pheasant hunting.
I know people who don't even hunt that got Lyme. I am seriously paranoid about ticks and use a lot of Sawyer's spray (permitherin). It seems to keep the little basturds off me. I shot a doe in Oct and a Buck last week. I was astonished to find no ticks because my area is probably one of the worst...FWIW, I have found the cold weather doesn't phase ticks. Hot weather, the sun out in the open, seems to send them to ground like mini-vampires.
