The outdoors and northern Minnesota has been a huge part of my life since I was a kid. I went to college in Bemidji, after I served in the U.S. Army in Alaska. I was fortunate enough to serve part of my tour as a game warden on Ft. Richardson. My first career was for 35 years, involving a lot of "customer service." I spent as much vacation time as possible camping, hunting, fishing in northern...