Michael, mostly around here in east-central Georgia, and on the L'Anguille, Cache, and White Rivers in eastern Arkansas, and Reelfoot Lake, TN for early teal.
My drifting the creeks and rivers for jump shooting is all here, near home. My favorite conditions for it is when a severe cold snap hits us, and it gets down in the 'teens. I wait until the morning after the last really cold night, to go. All the ponds and lakes are frozen over and all the ducks are in current where there is no ice. The numbers can be unbelievable. Very sporty shooting, trying to pick out drakes with the early morning sun in your eyes.
A great hole on the Cache, in the Rex Hancock Black Swamp:
A big brushed up blind on the L'Anguille:
Early morning ....... teal hole on Reelfoot:
If I had to start over looking for a rough duty duck gun I would likely find a tight 12 ga. Fox Model B with 30" barrels and try it. $500 gun ..... not much to lose if you go in the drink.
