Thread: Please Tell Us About Antler Growth

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I know for sure it works well on pigs....might work just as well on deer for lice n ticks.... Give diesel vechille an oil change and use the thick black by product as a poor man's pour on. Couple of cup fuls down centre of pink pigs back and by next day had black pig that no longer scratched so much..but like brylcream and nits..... I'm told they do not like greasy/ oily environment....

My uncle was adamant that the best cure for lice on a pig was hot water. About 68 degrees.

Thanks for all the replies. For some reason I did not get notifications about them.

Up until a few years ago, I never noticed a tick on a deer. I've seen lice on pigs for decades, but nothing on a deer. However I see ticks on deer now, and I've even had three of the little beggars cling on to me after three separate hunts and I was unaware of them until I felt discomfort or noticed them while I was showering. One latched on to the skin between my toes, one made a home just below my belly button, and the other dug in to the back of my neck just below the hairline. After they were removed, a couple of them left welts that would settle down and then get a bit inflamed.... and this went on for quite some time. Several weeks I guess.

Interesting to read in one of the comments that there are several varieties of tick in the country . Didn't know that thanks.

If there are flies around, I hang carcasses in bags made from cotton sheets. If I've had a pig in a bag I generally always see lice in the bag when I'm washing it.... but the lice seem to mostly die in the washing process. However I've seen deer ticks in the bag still moving after going through a hose-down and a full warm wash with detergent.... then hanging on the clothesline in the sun. Tenacious little sods.

Thanks for the photo of the carnivorous deer @7mmwsm. This could help to explain the decline of bird populations in forested areas. And I think that it is now fair to look at deer species in relation to missing hiker mysteries and the phenomenon of cattle mutilations in America.