I remember a couple of times as a kid walking through nests of baby ticks. Hundreds crawling up my legs. shivers

We've had a bunch here, but we spray cedar oil around the perimeter of our place, and spray pyrethrum on outter clothes, and boots. They do migrate. The Lonestar stick has made it to Missouri. It carries the disease that makes someone allergic to all meat cept fowl, and seafood. My cousin does landscaping and hunting. He got bit last year and now he has an epi pen.

Is it warmer earlier there or a milder winter? They're usually bad for us if not very cold winter.