Lloyd,
This year the mosquitoes have been off the hook, locally, and the ticks seemed to start in March. Oddly, most of the ticks this year have been bat ticks, that don’t bite humans, but, there were a few dog ticks, as well. I have found hitting myself with the 100% Deet on the exposed skin and the clothing with the permethrin spray has done a good job of keeping me from getting bit.
We’ve had a ton of rain down here. Everything is green, but, we know the mosquitoes are going to get worse.

Good luck up there.

Best,
Ted