RE: ticks?!?!?!?!!?
Ahh, the joys of early bow season......I feel for you.
I had the same problem last year, although they were chiggers....you know they could have been chiggers too.....you can see those little devils.
Anyway I don't have a problem with either of them any more. I just spray permanone all over my clothes before entering the woods this early in the season. I've had hundreds of dead chiggers on my jeans from the permanone. It seems to work pretty well. When it's time to hunt,.....NO SPRAY.....just suck it up... tip toe, and dodge the thick brush, and let those little edited eat!