Plenty of ducks killed in Alabama, but those that consistently kill numbers and quality on a regular basis have a lot of money and time tied up in land or leases and crops. Public land has its ups and downs but mostly downs the past 6-8 years. A lot of people hunting public land every single day and the birds get extremely smart very fast. MS AR MO and even West TN are way better for ducks within a reasonable drive from AL. If you have private land, can get permission from a land owner, or get in a lease/club you can control the hunting pressure and its a lot easier than public land. I'm fortunate to get a few invites a year on private land but have to fight the public land crowd most of the time and our best days on public are just about an average day on private and hunting public is wayyyyy more stressful just to be honest. I still enjoy any time i can get out there though! Best of luck man!!!