I am out in NC (not really by choice) and I read up on ND Outdoors online at the ND Game and Fish Home page every couple of months. What part of NC are you from? Nothing like ND is it? Don't spread the good word about ND too much, that is why it is so nice--it is a well kept secret. I meet people from all over the US every day and I do tell them how great it is, but I always tell them about the winters, and they usually say "You can have it."