RE: WHAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR FIRST TIME HUNTER
Ouch!
Mine figured if I didn't get my animal, HE didn't teach me well enough.
(of course "teach" is subjective. I used to have to play "hound dog" when I was first hunting with him. ie "you go over there and walk back and forth thru all of that brush and try to flush any rabbits over toward us","go run up and get my birds for me")