Lower Deschutes Ticks

[Fishinandgold]

Heading out this weekend and curious if anybody has been over that way and could give us a heads up on how bad the ticks are this year? Thanks in advance.

[BigBear]

I haven't seen any ticks thus far this year. However, tick collecting is more of a factor where you walk. The only time I collected a tick on my dozen times on the Lower Deschutes was when we went through a brushy game trail and I collected 12 on/in my clothing. The other times, I stuck to wide trails and had nothing to show for my effort. I can't say there were less ticks on those days, just less opportunity.

[retired jerry]

I got a tick on Deschutes when I was sawing brush, so I made good contact with brush

If you walk on the old railroad bed, the brush is away from trail so little contact

[phijef]

Ticks are horrendous in the Wallowas and surrounding area so far this year. My friend and I did a 7 mile hike yesterday and each of us picked off at least a dozen ticks of each other while on the trail, and then my friend found 7 more on her body when she took a shower later that evening.

[miah66]

Yikes!

[Fishinandgold]

Thanks for the info. My buddy is a pretty big weenie when comes to ticks . Lol

[-Q-]

Probably heading out that way tomorrow and can report back.

I did pickup a tick at coldwater lake near MSH last Friday. That really surprised me a lot.

[romann]

On all my hikes I never picked ticks at Descutes or other desert hikes. OTOH, if you're closer west in areas with oak/grass mix, they will be much easier to find. I picked ticks at Catherine Creek and Coyote Wall every time, quite a few at Lyle Cherry Orchard, even as far west as Aldrich Butte (where there's small oak stand on S side of the summit - yes, nice spot to sit and have a picnic).

[Double Tree]

Just got back from Deschutes River hike overnight. Walked through brush & grass with no ticks seen, on me or my hiking partner. Froze overnight.
Kelly