I don’t usually wear shorts on site - especially after getting a tumor removed from my lower leg two years ago - but even so, ticks are an occupational hazard and we do check ourselves every day. Once when I was flagging trees for clearing at Sebonack I got into a nest of them or something- there were at least 100.
The day the photo was taken, though, I wound up with major rashes on both legs from some of the weeds out there. It took a week of cortisone cream to sort that out.
No shorts in my bag for my current trip!