Corey welcome to hunting! Someone said hunter saftey course thats a good place to start. Not only will the instuctor talk about safty he willtalk about hunting equipment and the different types. There was someone who said squirrelhunting. There is nothing better than after all the summer activity than getting out in the fall woods and doing some squirrel hunting. You will want to find some oak trees with acorns and have a seat up against a tree trunk. Not only is this a good spot for squirrel's,deer love to eat acorns and one may walk rite in to you. If you have property to hunt and you stick with that propertyyou will be more successful than than if you hunt all over the country. Learn your woods and learn it well. Good luck and Good hunting. Larry