I live in Upstate NY and the ticks are BAD. Bad enough, that the verterinarian has a map on the wall in her office with confirmed cases of Lyme Disease this year---15 so far. I had one on my right breast...lookin in the mirror I said---I never notice a mole there before---eeeeekkkk. Must have been a gift from the dog! Pulled it and went to the Dr; was not a deer tic but had to take medication that made me SOOOO sick.