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KOTZEBUE, Alaska — Growing up in Iowa, Nathan Randall fell in love with the outdoors early in life.

As the years passed by and he embraced all the hunting and fishing opportunities our state has to offer, he also began to sow the seeds of someday.

Night-fishing for giant pre-spawn walleyes on Green Bay? Mission accomplished. Snowmobiling across frozen Lake Cascade in Idaho in search of huge perch? That's where Randall, now living in South Bend, Ind., and his buddy, Tyler Lyon, felt like they had found the pinnacle of ice fishing adventures.

"You know ... you can't beat a trip like this," Randall said, recalling what he said at the time. "Then Tyler found an online video of some guys up in Ko

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