Stepping up an offensive on ticks - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Stepping up an offensive on ticks - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Brian Athearn saddle hunting in West Tisbury. —Ella Munnelly Brian Athearn, dressed in camouflage, scaled a tree with his crossbow near the West Tisbury headquarters of the Martha’s Vineyard Hunt Club, where Island deer hunters gather for the camaraderie and the opportunity to field-dress, skin, and butcher deer. But in the middle of shotgun season, there’s an unmistakable sense of anxiety, not about stray shots or the long, quiet hours the hunt…