Luckydog, Even with the Iroquois national wildlife preserve(Alabama Swamps) from what I'm told some of the best waterfowl hunting in NY within 20 miles of me I don't know many waterfowl hunters. The only drawback i can see is on a quick draw such as ducks might be hard to line up thumb with gloves etc in a quick fluid motion. If your well concealed in a roomy blind where you could already have thumb in place I think it would be awesome. As in turkey the magnum loads put a hurtin on your shoulder w/ the thumbhole some of the felt recoil could be reduced possibly making you a better shooter w/out going to managed recoil shells. Hell i try anything once and for turkey hunting i know it will be awesome I'd give a try waterfowling as well nothing ventured nothing gained!