Noted: Heather Sage, 20, was checking deer for ticks as they came in to be tagged at the Sunset Country Store for a medical entomology class project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sage of Antigo said students were trying to track the spread of Lyme disease across the eastern half of the state. She asked hunters to point out where they shot the deer on a map.
Her brother, Matt Sage, 18, helped her by using a large tweezers to check for ticks around the necks of the deer. They put the ticks into vials for testing.