Thanks for all the responses. To answer your questions I' m 22, married with a 5 month old and a junior at Arkansas State. Don' t party anymore and need a good hobby. I love to fish so I think I' ll enjoy hunting as well. I' m scheduled to take a hunter safety course next week. I want to start out with small game like squirrel, but want to be able to progress to bigger game, so I think I' m gonna get a Remington 870 express 12 ga. synthetic stock. I' ve also picked up maps of all the nearby WMA' s