Yeah they are out big time!! About a good month in advance if not more. Most time we don't get ticks here till about the end of April. Not this year. Everything is moved up about 5 weeks or so. This weather is crazy. Every since Japan had that Earthquake the weather has been messed up. They say the quake was so big it shifted the Earth's movement about a 1/4 of an inch and that is somewhat to blame for the stange weather. Not sure how true that is, but that's what I heard.
