Looking for some newbie advice. I just bought my first rifle, and would like to start hunting whitetails. I have a wall at home that's just begging for a big buck to be mounted.
Ill take the hunter safety course this summer and want to get to it as soon as rifle season opens next year. I have two places I plan to hunt. Family land in VA a couple hours away from me, and a small public hunting area right near my house in NC.

I was wondering what equipment I needed at minimum for a successful hunt. Should I save up for a tree stand, or can that wait until Ive decided if this hunting thing is really for me? Can you hunt whitetails successfully from a ground blind? Can anyone point me to some good info on this?

Im looking forward to a and some venison in the future...