That sounds like a real bad moment, we don't get too much trouble with ticks thank goodness.The owrst moment I remember wasn't actually mind, but belonged to a child with our group.
After a 4 mile hike we returned to the camp and had to do a tick check.
A child came screaming out of a tene, pants around ankles, pointing down at his undies.
There was a tick making a mad dash for any bit of flesh it could find.
Can't say I blamed the child for screaming. That sucker looked positively vicious!