Illinois Opener

[jatemple]

We had great weather for the opener on Saturday in Northwestern Illinois. The woodies flew great, lots of geese and more pintails than normal. Not as many mallards as I would have hoped for though. Sunday was not as good for us. Very few woodies flying any where and still not too many mallards. We worked some flocks of cacklers and smaller flocks of Canadian geese. Almost finished four nice bull-pintails too, overall not too bad. We ended up with 10 ducks and two geese. Are the woodies gone and where are the mallards? I'll take some tips on finishing those pintails too.

Josh Temple
Small Water Swatter
Illinois