silentassassin, where I hunt here in va. we are right on the potomac river we have River ducks Canvasback, Bluebills an occasional Red Head and Golden Eye. Then we can move into the creeks which is actually like tidal marsch and get Mallards, Black Ducks Widgeon, Ringneck and occasional Pintail. Not much timber hunting, but last year on the last day of the season the whole river and the creeks had frozen and we found a feeder creek back up in the woods that all the ducks were congregating to. Well we went in and jumped them off and spread out waiting for them to return which we knew they would and I have to say it was the most fun I have seen in years, there is defiantly something about a Mallard and Timber thatis suppose to be! The echo of the shot ringing through the woods is awsome. Well we have been doing thisquit a few years and we keep learning moreto the point that there really isn't a day that we don't see some kind of action but I know now when it freezes we are headed back in the timber.