Ticks wreaking havoc on moose. Are deer next?

Ticks suck. I don’t mean just literally, but in other ways, too.
In addition to being the carriers of more than 16 viruses, including Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, which can wreck your life as you know it, they also pose a serious threat to the health and numbers of our deer herd.
Some theorize recent mild winters have not been harsh enough to kill the ticks left over from the year before, increasing their numbers to sometimes alarming proportions.