While every season is tick season, we will see a much larger population this spring and summer due to weather conditions making them hungry and very active.
Central New Yorkers are used to being wary of deer ticks and the potential for Lyme disease, but now a new tick has been found here, and it comes with whole new risks.
The calendar says October, but evidently, the thermometer can't read. Unseasonably warm weather in Central New York means tick season is extended, and that means you need to take precautions.