Ticks rise to occasion of warmer weather

HIKING — W hat a difference a couple of warm days can make.

Neither my dog nor I picked up ticks in Wednesday’s cold temperatures while hikng BLM’s Lakeview Ranch near Odessa.

On Friday, after a couple warmer nights and days, a friend harvested a bumper crop of ticks while hiking and fly fishing at Crab Creek.

Be prepared, sage-country early-season hikers!

Click here to read my detailed primer on hiking and recreating in tick country .