In Dover, Medfield and other communities, deer hunting is seen as key to fighting Lyme disease - West

Beth Webb family’s battle with Lyme disease-carrying deer ticks is in full swing. Guinea hens patrol their yard. Tick checks have become part of the routine at soccer fields, playgrounds and friends’ yards. And the Webbs live on the front line of a growing effort to curb the spread of Lyme disease through deer hunting.