Last year in New England, ticks lasted for far longer than at any other point in known history. It's been increasing exponentially, in the literal sense of the record being broken every consecutive year.
>old timers say there were none when they were my age
>as in, none AT ALL, ever, up until the late 70s I think
They are killing off deer and moose at a very worrying rate, and it's at the point I can't go outside after July without saturating myself in either permethrin, DEET or both, right up until nights start dropping below ~50 degrees (which is not after October, these days). I'm willing to do that, but that isn't the point of this thread.

My question to my fellow forest faggots: what's the tick population been like where you live? I've heard some inconsistent and contradictory reports from different people, and I'd like to have a better idea of how ticks are depending on regions. My theory about Maine's getting so bad is that since we didn't have the bastards until recently, there aren't as much wild animals around that eat them.