Wow when i started reading all the posts i was actully going to side with Killer on this one because you just dont go into the feild with a gun you have never shot period and that is really wrong. But Merlin then in one of your posts you brought up a very vailid point that not everyone has the the chance to have mentors like some of us have. I was just lucky to have been around some very great hunters to learn from my dad and his friend and my grand parents. So live learn and it sounds like you have learned from this and that is all we as hunters can ask of you.. Walt