whats wrong with these moose!?

LOL!!! Sometimes the internet can be so frustrating can't it. For all you arm chair experts out there get the book - White as a Ghost - Winter Ticks and Moose and do it soon before your stubbornness gives Sealhunter a stroke!
 
Omega said:
LOL!!! Sometimes the internet can be so frustrating can't it. For all you arm chair experts out there get the book - White as a Ghost - Winter Ticks and Moose and do it soon before your stubbornness gives Sealhunter a stroke!
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Hmmm...Sealhunter,huh? Someone should ask his opinion...I'll bet he'd know whats causing this. :p
 
An odd question, but would ticks be susceptible to the same kind of poison that you put on cats and dogs for fleas, or that kindof idea?

It's a cracked out idea, but in areas where moose population is too low, that could be a fun idea to try out.
 
no clue,... perhaps something would work...

I read an article last week and it said the one moose can have as many as 40,000 ticks on it. Many have 3 ticks per square centimetere. That's pretty much a tick on a ticks back...

just imagine the torture of 40,000 ticks... caked on infested...
face legs back genitals face,..
 
H Wally said:
An odd question, but would ticks be susceptible to the same kind of poison that you put on cats and dogs for fleas, or that kindof idea?

It's a cracked out idea, but in areas where moose population is too low, that could be a fun idea to try out.
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OK sparky...you need to apply 15 drops of this solution between the shoulder blades :D. Could be a fun archery project. I think the stuff stinks too much to just make rubs like cattle ranchers use. Maybe a feeder that they have to stick their head thru and rub the dispenser?
 
2fat2fly said:
... Maybe a feeder that they have to stick their head thru and rub the dispenser?
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Hey, you might be onto something there!

In all seriousness, I wonder if someone was to come up with an idea to prevent/reduce the tick issue with moose in Ontario...do you think the MNR would buy it? After all, they've been trying to increase the moose population for a while now.
 
7.62mm said:
UMMMM......would you want to eat a game animal that had an unspecified amount of administered chemicals in it? How would you go about controlling the dose that any particular animal gets?
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Do you eat free range beef? You know the posts with the chains that go to the ground at an angle? That is a pestiside applicator ;)
It would cut down on out of season hunting as well. Just quit filling the applicator around the end of June. The stuff they use for dogs smells like citrinella, and doesn't have any toxicity warning on it except it's not meant for use on cats. I suspect that has more to do with the way a cat cleans itself.
 
Once you get into trying to control nature, the ticks, the moose, sprays, rubs, etc... you go and defeat a good portion of the reason I hunt.

I certainly understand where you're coming from though. Too bad there si not some native grass or bush that would help,...

Also, how about forest fires? I know the immediate reaction,.. but controlled burns might be an idea, (I have absolutely no idea if there is any validity in this suggestion).. whenever this is a forest fire now, it is attcked with gusto to get it out,... this wasn't always the case, ...and I realize homes and people need to be protceted.

Tick infestation actually makes my skin crawl to think about it..
Poor animals..
 
2fat2fly said:
Do you eat free range beef? You know the posts with the chains that go to the ground at an angle? That is a pestiside applicator ;)
It would cut down on out of season hunting as well. Just quit filling the applicator around the end of June. The stuff they use for dogs smells like citrinella, and doesn't have any toxicity warning on it except it's not meant for use on cats. I suspect that has more to do with the way a cat cleans itself.
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I try not to eat to much store bought meat. I generally get through most of a year with game animals that I harvest.

And, no I am not to well versed on what is applied to beef cattle, I do know the stuff I put on my dog once a month, Revolution, Selamectin the active ingredient, and derivative from avermectin, isn't to be consumed by humans. Then again, I don't plan on eating my dog any time soon, :eek:LOL.

Was just putting it out there, as I don't know much about the subject.
 
A quick check on the net shows the active ingredient to be Fipronil, which is toxic to humans, may be a carcenogen, and Suspected endocrine disruptor.
So it probably isn't such a good idea :(
 
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