when it is wet after raining you can see them walking towards you if you sit long enough , one way to keep them down is to have a few chickens about, they will eat them.

I found divorce worked for me, I finally made a fortune once I was rid of that big spending, low earning biatch.

I've had many. I let them fill up a little and then just pop them off. I've never had them break apart while trying to pull them off. Sometimes the bites may bleed for quite a while.

how on earth did you manage to get so many at one go ???

I've had to deal with ticks, and it's the same caution: pull them off and you'll likely have a piece of them under your skin.

My favorite way was to use a cigarette and hold it close but not touch it, which caused the thing to pull it's head out of my skin. Then I'd kill the li'l bastard!

Exactly, I grew up in a place with leeches in the water and ticks everywhere on land. With a leech Mom got the salt, with a tick Dad would light

a cigarette and hold it close. Then I'd kill the li'l bastards!

I've had many. I let them fill up a little and then just pop them off. I've never had them break apart while trying to pull them off. Sometimes the bites may bleed for quite a while.

how on earth did you manage to get so many at one go ???

These photos were taken after I walked down a wet path full of leaves. I was wearing shoes, but they still wiggled their way in.

I've had many. I let them fill up a little and then just pop them off. I've never had them break apart while trying to pull them off. Sometimes the bites may bleed for quite a while.

hardcore leech action that is.

thanks for all the posts. I never realised there could be so much discussion about leeches.