A new report indicates that there is likely a larger population of deer ticks this season, meaning there are more tiny carriers of Lyme disease to look out for.
It's spring, and that means a host of hard-bodied, blood sucking arachnids will be trying to make a meal out of Montana hikers. Tick season has arrived.
"As the temperatures begin to get warmer in Montana, the ticks start to come out," said Montana Department of Health and Human Services Epidemiologist Joel Merriman...