Jumping ponds is when a hunter sneaks up to the edge of a pond hoping to sneak up on a group of ducks feeding or just swimming in the lake or pond. Next, the hunter would go to their vehicle, or walk depending on the distance, to make their way to the next spot. It is very hard to sneak up on ducks in the first place making this very hard to do. All the driving from pond to pond can make pond jumping very expensive. The best way to jump a pond is with three or four people at the minimum. This is because a duck hunter needs one or two people on the other side of the pond or downwind a ways to get a shot at any ducks that fly away too fast. Ducks have the tendency to fly with the wind making it smart to sit down wind from where they could be. The other hunters would need to walk to the other side of the lake and sneak up to the edge of the water without disturbing anything that could be on the water. Having everything go right is hard to do and most of the time does not work if one or two things go wrong.