I think the original questions were never answered.

My question would be which sex are you, what is your age, where do you live, where do you plan to hunt, who do you plan to hunt with.

Without knowing which area you live in and exactly which area you plan to hunt - there is no way to guess what you need to actually hunt.

I would start out small game hunting before I tried to big game hunt and I would look for a mentor - someone to take you under their wing and teach you the basic's of hunting. Everything from gun safety to the rules of hunting.

Each area of the country has its own rules.