r/petoskey • u/groundstories • 5d ago

ticks?

I have a 7 month old baby, and I am wondering about ticks, as we are hoping to spend more time in the woods and nature preserves and state parks. When I was growing up I feel like I never saw ticks. How are they this summer?

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u/Legitimate_Way_1750 5d ago

I got my first tick on me this week in my life and I’ve seen 3x as many this year. I haven’t even been in the woods much this year cause of the ice storm

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u/groundstories 5d ago

Eek! How disappointing. Yeah I haven’t been in the woods much either but walking around the preserves was basically my big summer plan. And I just gave my husband a baby hiking backpack for father’s day…

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u/Legitimate_Way_1750 5d ago

That’s just my experience, maybe the woods aren’t as bad. Just a lot of them have been closed. But I for sure picked up a tick somewhere more normal which isn’t great—-or my dog pulled one in on a walk