I’d recommend vigilance. Just do a tick check and take a shower after hunting. Save a tick that’s attached for future testing, doxy if needed and all that jazz. My wife was sick for four or five years, lost a lot of good time to that shit. Damn ticks. But they are just bugs and can be...
Ive seen them targeting acorns at around 7,400’. Oaks seem heavier to me than I’ve noticed for the last couple years. But I haven’t found the berries, or an acorns above 7,600. None. What elevations/aspects have you been finding the berries? And what kind?
As an alternate to this copper bullet, I have used Barnes ttsx for a couple decades on elk. They have never failed and typically recover them from under the backside hide. I also use Thor bullets (manufactured by Barnes; utilize similar pedaling technology) in my muzzle loader and those work...