Ticks and lyme's disease are very bad in northern VA. So many deer... Knock the deer herd down and you certainly help keep the tick numbers down as well. Ticks, particularly deer ticks seem really bad this year! I usually use a spray and tuck my pants into my socks. Seems to help some but I have still picked a lot of ticks off of me. My dog gets a ton of ticks on here if she isn't treated with a anti tick and flea treatment. I think catmandoo's chicken method is a winner... My friend lives out in the country and has chickens and guinea fowl. The guinea fowl in particular are bug eating machines. Never found a tick on me when walking around the area the guinea fowl roam. Plus I think guinea fowl are really neat birds. The guard dog of the bird family!
