Sporting Gun UK – May 2019

26 SPORTING GUN M AY 2019 http://www.shootinguk.co.uk

removeanyyou
findonyourclothes
oryourself.Liceand
ked,forexample,are,on
thewhole,nodanger.Theycrawl
aroundyourbodyenjoyingitsnourishment,
givingtheoccasionalitch.Inrare cases,
mitescanpassonmange.
Butticksarea differentmatter.Theyare
thesuperstealthybloodsuckers.A parasite
knowswhenitshostisdeadastheblood
stopsflowing.Nopointstayingthere,then.
Butif theythinkthere’ssomethingclose
by – sense the CO2 and the potential of

IN THE FIELD

Deer stalking

affectingyourheart,jointsandbrain.

Checkyourselfandclothesandif youspot

onehanginginthere,removeit properly.

Donotcoverit withVaseline,oranyother

substance,orsqueezeit topullit outasboth

methodscanmakethebrutesalivateand

thatgoesintoyou.Useticktweezersora

tickhookandremoveit sothewholebeastie

comesoffinone.Weusedtoseeticksaround

lateAprilbutI havetakena deerthisyearin

midFebruarywiththreeengorgedtickson

itsneck.Theyseemtobedoingwell over the

yearsinthischangingclimate.

TheincidenceofLymediseaseisgrowing

herebutit isnotasprevalentasintheUnited

States,sodon’tbeworriedbutpleasebe

aware.Youprobablystandmorechanceof

beingrunoverbya bus.I havehadmany

bitesovertheyearsand there is nothing the

matter with me.

muchblood– theywill

saunterover,creepinto

somewhereprivate,moist

andsecludedandthehostwon’t

realise,tostartoffwith,thattheyare

beinga hostatall.Trustme,youwillnotfeel

it bite.Itwillstayonyouforabouta week,

gorginguntilsated,andwillthendropoffto

enjoyyourbloodbanknowinitsstomach.

Asa result,youwillhavemuchmorethan

youinadvertentlybargainedfor.Themain

threatisLymedisease,whichcanbecured

if treatedpromptly.If undetectedorleftit

can become a seriously debilitating disease,

Hookthemtomake

suretheycome

out whole

What’s it all about, Alfi e?

I’mquitepleasedwiththebig

ladashenolongertakesm

handoffwiththeappl

orpiecesofheartth

heisoffered.Ther

isnodoubtthath

ismoresettledan

obedient.Thenaga

heis12,forheaven’s

sake.I sayobedient,most

ofthetime.Whena carcase

is in the back of the vehicle and he

isinhiscageI canseehimworking

outhowhemightgrabitand

wrenchitthroughthecage.

Despitemythorough

checkingforeyeblinkto

ensuredeaththerewas

a footthathadmanaged

tomoveallbyitselfinto

thecage.I saya foot,it

couldn’tberecognisedbut

thecarcasehadonemissing.

Strange that. Who’d have thought it?

Tickswillfind

privateplacesto

Removetick removal devicethemwitha attach themselves