Thank you for the welcome! Considering there is still over six inches of snow outside, I think I will have to wait a bit before accompanying anyone in the field. Fortunately, we're supposed to start hitting the fifties tomorrow. I'm not sure what effect the brutal weather we've had up here has had on game populations though, but I suspect it isn't good. I still need to wait to hear back from the NJFC though; I haven't heard anything from them since I sent in my membership application, and I think it would be impolite for me to contact them until they contact me. I would like to be able to get out in the field though, and see it firsthand.