Welcome, Jim. Closest I ever got to northern Minnesota was the western UP in Michigan for a vacation, but my wife lived in Brainerd, Starbucks, Fridley and Wadena as a kid. She's complaining about Maine winters, so things must be tougher here.
Welcome aboard Jim. There are a bunch of guys from Minnesota and I'm sure they'll reach out. Fantastic group of men and women with a rather intimidating set of artistic skills. But they go above and beyond to share their knowledge.
Steve and other: Thanks for all the nice welcomes. I'm 63 years young? and have been in duck boats since I was 5. Live in Wadena, Minn. And have had a dental practice there for over 33 years. My primary area of hunting is on Lake of the Woods on Minn/Canadian border. Hunt both puddlers and divers but my passion is Divers! I have a wonderful Choc. Lab named Canvasback Cassidy who is a fantastic hunting partner. She's not perfect, but just as passionate as I am for ducks. Looking forward to sharing more with you guys and learning more about this great sport.-Jim
P.S. Can someone please tell me how to add pictures to a post? Thanks
Best way to add pictures is to create a Photobucket account for yourself - free (unless you go crazy like I do). Then, just Copy and Paste into your draft. This avoids the stock limit on file size (although I usually reduce mine so larger dimension is 1000).