I'm also new to it this year, so new that Iactually decided that I was going to try it just 2 weeks from opening day here. I took the advice someone gave me (maybe here on this forum) and spent $12.00 at wally-world for the Primos instructional CD (CD not DVD) and IMO it is great. 2 weeks of practicing to and from work in the car and I feel pretty comfortable with all but the gobble. I'm not gonna win any calling contests but I've read where there's lots of good guides that aren't going to either but they do get birds killed. If you can afford it try it,you also get 3 diaphrams with it, a Mini-double A, a Sonic Dome and a Hen Buster. Good luck.