I know what you mean. I took my sister one year and we only were in the stand for 30 min and we had to go. But I helped my bestfriend get into hunting. If you have a box stand or a two man ladder that is the best way to go about it. I like to go were I know there are alot of doe so that if they spoke something its not a big buck or something. I also like to go early in the year when its not rut. I took my friend hunting the first year and did not let him hunt by himself all year and i did not let him take his first deer till his next year. But keep taking friends if you can because we need more hunting brothers or sisters.