This has turned into a very great thread! I appreciate all of the advice you guys have given me. Looks like I've got some work ahead of me... sound's like it should be a great season!
If anyone is headed to NL to try their luck at a moose or caribou, I'd be more than happy to pass along my years of knowledge in that area .
Thanks again fellas!
I am starting to wish I had never mentioned pants!
Bigsmoke, Another piece of advice might be to join your local rod and gun club. Great way to meet people and it is basically free cause you get the BCWF liability insurance with your membership. Let it be known that your a guy who will do the carrying, slogging and coffee/fuel buying. Lots of older fellas out there that would be happy to get back out for a couple shoots if they had a reliable hand to do some of the heavier lifting. Anything useful that I know about waterfowling was learned while carrying a merc 9.8 from the pickup to the transom.