RE: What's the biggest mistake "new" hunters make.?
One of the biggest mistakes I've seen is overly high expectations. Too many hunting shows on tv make it look easy and every buck is a monster.
The next mistake is buying into the hype that every hunting show/infomercial promotes about the latest gizmo that "you must have" to be a successful hunter. I've seen guys show up with gear bags so full of "gear" that it literally looked like they went to a sporting goods store and bought every deer scent/lure/coverscent made. I asked the guy about it and he pretty much admitted to going to wal-mart (his first mistake) and, not knowing what to buy, he bought everything.
You need a good rifle that you are accurate with, (or bow). A knife, proper clothes and boots. All the rest of it is pretty much extra and a lot of it is BS.