I was thinking the same thing, glad you said something because I knew it couldn't just be in my head. I remember as a kid playing paintball in thick cover, mushroom hunting, fishing a pond while standing in hip high grass, and maybe only ever got one or two ticks on me. Now even with deet, My tick to mushroom ratio is not good. Like 15:1 I'd say, ticks to mushrooms. Too bad tick hunting isn't a thing, I'd be pretty good at it. I'm going to try permethrin this year though.