Got Ticks?

Rose and I were watching the news talking about Ticks in Amherst Mass. being abundant this year already due to the mild winter, both Nymph (Not sure, appears this is a stage rather than a species), Deer and Dog ticks carry Lyme disease.  So yesterday 75 degrees here in Southern NH working in the horse paddocks yesterday, and Rose spotted a Nymph Tick on my shirt, picked it off with my SAK tweezers and burnt it up with a lighter. Later that evening the Rose called out and said she has one on her back,  I did the same with this one, it was just slightly attached.

 

Image source: http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp

They said on the news that if bit to take the offending tick and yourself to the doctors asap if bit.  Is this common?  We normally find 2-6 ticks on our clothing the dogs, and yes sometimes ourselves though we generally take showers right after a workday on the farm and find them before they are through the skin.  Looks like I'll be putting the Ortho Max down early this year.

Going to be a weird year with temps in the 70s most of March.