I was self learned as well buckeye but I wish I would have had some avenue of knowledge where I could have went for questions I had. Sure I learned it all by myself and may not want to have changed anything as well although I do wish I had some shots back again as well as some animals.
I learned the hard way, years before you came along young man as well as the technology that's come along since I started and before you started. I started with a fiberglass recurve, glass arrows and field points. I'm glad I didn't hit anything. At least the internet would have told me at 12 NOT to do that. [&:] Nothing or no one else did.