Whiskey. Git ‘em drunk, and they’ll come off easier.
Okay, serious. Use tweezers, and be sure to pull the heads. Disinfect each spot immediately afterward. I didn’t worry much about ‘em back in the Ozarks, long ago. There were too many of them for worrying about them.
Tweezers causes them to regurgitate. It is a long story but it occurred to me years ago the best way is to make a noose (I used 4-0 Nylon suture) of stiff nylon and make an overhand throw and cinc it around the thing’s proboscis and then put steady, gentle traction outwards. They release and don’t regurgitate.
Its true: boozers don’t get ticks; but neither do healthy people.