One point I didn't see brought up is, if nobody killed the deer, they would starve to death. It would be my preference to die a short death from a gun shot than a long drawn out death from starvation. I think once you kill your first deer, all your reservations will be behind you. The best advice I could give you for getting started, is to go to a local gun shop or bow shop and tell them that you want to hunt whitetails and have no idea what you are doing and have no one to show you. I don't know many people that could say no to that. I have read a mess of info and listened to a lot of people, and not to say I didn't learn anything from them, because I did, but the best way to learn is to get out there and watch. You don't always have to worry about killing a deer, you can just watch them sometimes and enjoy seeing something many folks will never see up close.