 Keeping safe all summer includes reasonable caution against tick bites when out hiking. ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darian Sutton. Honestly, I wasn't too aware. Knowing where ticks live and tall grass and on animals. And if you find a tick, making sure that you remove it quickly. Most often with using something like a tweezer and cleaning that area with rubbing alcohol. And just to reassure, only about 3% of tick bites result in something like a tick-borne illness.