greatone,
Welcome to the sport and the forum. Been a lotta new fellas coming around this year wanting to get into the sport. Therefore, we already got a coupla threads addressing what you need to know as a new waterfowler. The first thread has some excellent advice and suggestions from Chris H and Alsatian, both fellow forum members. The next two links are to posts where I have shared some of my own brilliance
...joking.
Anyway man, welcome, check out the links, and come on back with more questions if you got em.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=3100102 - General
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=3073224 - Calling and General Tips
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=3106798 - Etiquette