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Ten minutes from the back door of our little home in Minnesota.

The decoys are all buried in a pile of stuff that was salvaged from a flood we had there (a few years ago now) and they are presently in a now-abandoned ice-fishing house (that was full of yellowjackets the last time I looked). The real challenge will be the old (1970s?) Johnson outboard motor that hasn't been used in at-least 5-years now. My father-in-law kept it going with duct-tape, bailing wire, and salvaged parts from donor-motors down at the local marina.

Another service my FIL provided was early IDs on approaching waterfowl and keeping track of all the changing regulations. Not only will I need to become a "boat mechanic", I'll have to brush-up on the regs and the limits and then re-learn to quickly ID the many & various species of ducks that stream through that part of the world. Don't want to shoot a canvasback in the years you can't up there...

Ruffed grouse and walleyes are so-much easier.

Last edited by Lloyd3; 04/24/25 10:33 AM.