We are in Tuftonboro in the 19 mile bay area. We are inundated with the little buggers. We were doing some outside work and left a blue pail on a mat on the grass and four hours later found 7 ticks on the pail. We have been picking off ticks nearly every time we go out. I have never seen it this bad in the three summers we have been here. We are finding the dog tick not the deer tick. I think the ticks are outnumbering the black flies