12 ga. for sure!
With the 12 ga., there are lots of places you can buy a variety of cheap ammo.
Learn how to shoot first, you've got enough time between now and opening day to get pretty good. I still shoot a full for everything but some of the younger fellows with more experience with steel I think use a mod or imp barrel (choke).
For geese #4 lead did a fine job but with steel, I'd go with the biggest you can get. For ducks it used to be #5 lead so #2 steel works O.K.
If you have a dog, start training ASAP, you will always get more ducks than you shoot. The dog will find other hunter's cripples. Some days it is embarrassing, my Pudelpointer sometimes got more birds than I did. She got herself a limit of pheasants at Millicent mid season. Luck there was a group of us.
This is paradise for a bird hunter, welcome to the club!
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