This is the first time ive seen them, harvested a buck two years ago and when i went to field dress it they were crawling under its armpits and needless to say (grew up in the woods my whole life and am no stranger to insects) i was thoroughly creeped out. Found out what they are and got it harvested but the butcher said hes never seen them in these numbers before. I wonder if they have anything to do with these new diseases on whitetails in recent years. I don’t remember in all the years my grandfather had me hunting with him and being in the woods do i ever remember seeing them.