Welcome!

There's plenty of hunters here from the Rochester area, and there a few gun/sportsmen clubs.

The clubs charge money normally for membership. Some are great, some are not. You might just be better off learning from an individual, or a handful of people who hunt.

I'm mentoring a 17 yr. old now. I didn't have the luxury of having a mentor when I was younger, but it certainly is valueable. I'd personally help you out, but the land I largely hunt can't handle 3 hunters in regular firearms season in a way I would feel safe doing so.

What do you have as far as equipment up here? Kind of hard to have a shotgun being in college, I bet.