There are other fun ways to jump shoot ducks, such as from a boat. Nash Buckingham and friends would have a paddler, or many times a poler as the water was very shallow and weedy. Man with the gun sat up front in the boat.
I do it alone in my camo fiberglass kayak, or with a friend in a Gheenoe. We are on streams with a good current, and the paddler in the rear of the boat just keeps the boat straight as it drifts with the current.
This is my hunting kayak:
