Opening Day Duck Season 10.18.08

A few of us went down to Mckee Beshers for the opening day of the 1st split of duck season.  The weather was good around 50 degrees in the morning partly sunny.  There wasn't that much water in there like 2 years ago but there was more water than last year.  The first 2 woodies I saw were right at shooting time I was tracking them and went to pull the trigger and the safety was on.  I was mad cause I wondered to myself what if that was the only shooting opportunity I would have.  Oh well anyway I shot about 20 times and only came up with 1 bird.  Maybe some preseason shooting would have helped.  So after an hour of trying to find my bird Rob finally found it.  We were all covered in "Beggars Ticks" which are little hitchhiker burr things that are impossible to get out.  If anybody has any information on how to get these things out I would greatly appreciate it.