I had been after this Roe buck for about a week. It was limping on a foreleg.
Shot at 2145hrs or so, neck shot and went straight down.
It was underweight and a 4 pointer. Had a look at the carcase before doing anything and I saw no ticks or keds.
So carried out the gralloch and slung in on my sticks and carried it 600 yards back home. Hung it and cleaned it.
Had a bath this moring as I was stiff from running earlier in the evening and noticed a small object on my right knee.
Out of the bath and took a closer look and it was a small tick.
The abdomen was not enlarged with my blood and it was less than 2mm accross but its teeth were in my skin.
I used the Trix tick lasso to remove it and it was so small it diasappeared into the hole in the end of the pen where the nylon loop goes.
I got it into an egg cup as per the photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67356568@N05/8956215463/lightbox/
Still alive and tried to get out.
Applied TCP to the area and will watch very closely for a skin reaction.
As its abdomen was not enlarged and it was so small am I right to think the risks are limited?
I hung my cammo jacket in the wardrobe over night so that was removed to air in case any more ticks are on it.
Shot at 2145hrs or so, neck shot and went straight down.
It was underweight and a 4 pointer. Had a look at the carcase before doing anything and I saw no ticks or keds.
So carried out the gralloch and slung in on my sticks and carried it 600 yards back home. Hung it and cleaned it.
Had a bath this moring as I was stiff from running earlier in the evening and noticed a small object on my right knee.
Out of the bath and took a closer look and it was a small tick.
The abdomen was not enlarged with my blood and it was less than 2mm accross but its teeth were in my skin.
I used the Trix tick lasso to remove it and it was so small it diasappeared into the hole in the end of the pen where the nylon loop goes.
I got it into an egg cup as per the photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67356568@N05/8956215463/lightbox/
Still alive and tried to get out.
Applied TCP to the area and will watch very closely for a skin reaction.
As its abdomen was not enlarged and it was so small am I right to think the risks are limited?
I hung my cammo jacket in the wardrobe over night so that was removed to air in case any more ticks are on it.
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