The warm weather has finally come to central MN and the result is a WOODTICK EXPLOSION. Two weeks ago I spent two days in the woods and picked two ticks. Contrast that with the last two days, in which I literally picked off dozens, including three deer ticks. Take precautions fellas.
They're out there!!!
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Jim Timber
5 year old buck +
I got 2 deer ticks over 3 days of spruce planting. Neither were attached yet when located.
I've been really lucky the last few years and haven't had many encounters. My FIL manages to pick them up in the yard at the cabin with regularity.
I've been really lucky the last few years and haven't had many encounters. My FIL manages to pick them up in the yard at the cabin with regularity.
wiscwhip
5 year old buck +
Ummmm.....no. Winter = no creepy crawlers, which is fine by me.
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BJE80
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I was surprised to not see any this past weekend. I'm sure the next time I am in the woods they will get revenge.
nwmn
5 year old buck +
Winter also equates to terribly cold/windy miserable conditions where nothing is living. I'll take hot/humid/buggy over weather where the only logical thing to do is play hockey or stay inside. I guess living where I do has conditioned me to resent winters. It's not the cold that bothers me, it's the frigid cold and add in gale force winds.
wiscwhip
5 year old buck +
Sounds like if you hate it that much, you might want to consider a relocation in your future?:) My BIL relocated to the Tampa/St. Pete area and now the only time he will come back to WI is July and August.:rolleyes:
nwmn
5 year old buck +
Nah, I'd miss hockey too much. I just enjoy spring-fall much more up here, I'll swallow any complaints about the bugs, even when mosquitoes are literally thick enough that it looks like i'm wearing a long sleeve shirt and feels like your swimming in rice when you swat the air. Love me a swampy summer :)
bueller
Moderator
Just stayed on st pete beach last week. Its beautiful there and the weather was great everyday. But I like the different seasons here. I've come to love each one when it arrives and hate it before its gone. I'm already tired of spring and can't wait for summer any longer :).
wiscwhip
5 year old buck +
For me, I'll take October in West Central WI for the whole 12 months of the year. I guess I would say 11 months could be October, I would still want May to get my spring turkey fix. I don't need any other weather than what I get during the typical October. No better month of the year IMO. Fish are biting, ducks are migrating, deer are on the move, what more could one ask for? I put up with the winters and the summers just to get to May and October. ;):)
Jim Timber
5 year old buck +
July and August can go with January and February - if we could ditch those 4 months, I'd be completely in love with Mid-central MN. Bitter cold and mosquito/deer fly heat are really the only two parts of the year I don't like here.
If I was to move South, it'd be somewhere like Kentucky or West Virginia. You still get 4 seasons, but the winters aren't so bad and the summers can be tolerable if you're high enough up in the hills (which is where I'd want to be).
If I was to move South, it'd be somewhere like Kentucky or West Virginia. You still get 4 seasons, but the winters aren't so bad and the summers can be tolerable if you're high enough up in the hills (which is where I'd want to be).
Jim Timber
5 year old buck +
My wife has a lot of allergies and dust is a big one, so we have the windows closed up and the AC on for most of the growing season. Me, on the other hand - I had the exhaust fan on and the doors open in the shop all day yesterday until I called it a night at 5 am. :)
This time of year is lovely. The bugs aren't bad and the temps are perfect.
This time of year is lovely. The bugs aren't bad and the temps are perfect.
