John, Did you take a hunter safety course to get your Lic. Reason I ask is that they usually teach you the basics. I was a teacher of H.S. back in the 70's in Delaware. Do you hunt with a rifle, shotgun, bow. Read book's on hunting, learn the terminology of the language. Go to bow shop's gun stores, and ask questions. I became a better hunter after I left the crowd. You can learn to hunt from reading , doing it. Learn from your mistakes, we all do them. But I hope you were kidding about the beer and the dope, they have no place in Hunting. I learned a lot , When I would go away to other places, stay on a deer till i killed it, sleep outside at night on the trail, pick up the chase the next morning till i got my deer or Elk. Just ask for help if you want. Good hunting.