i am from minnesota so i can tell u that ur gonna need some high quality boots that' ll keep u warm... clothes... dress in layers and u' ll want somethin thats gonna stop the wind from going through ur clothes....when it gets cold ur not gonna wanna be outside especially if theres wind... so dress warm in the winter...in the early fall when its still warm... ur gonna want some kind of bug protection cause the bugs get bad when ur in the woods.... if ya got any questions about startin out i can give ya more info but i don' t wanna make this too long... my e-mail is... [email protected].... give me a mail and i' ll tell ya about startin out... i hunt in southwestern mn so my hunting is alittle different than what u' ll be doin up there... but it' ll give ya a little bit better start than i had