I'm going to be doing an appraisal of a kingair up north in a few days and a buddy of mine there asked if I could go dove hunting with him the next day. He only has one shotgun and his dad is a lefty so I was going to take one or two of mine. I've never traveled with one before but I did read the TSA's website on the requirements for securing it and traveling with it. My question is if you know of any limitations placed on if I'm jumpseating? Am I required to be holding a ticket at the counter to check the gun case or can I just tell them which flight I'm trying to JS on? My two options for getting there will be SWA or CAL.

Thanks