Welcome aboard, also from eastern NC. Yeah working in a gun shop in NC can have lifelong lasting side affects that comes with it. Take it you mean gun season coming soon (Oct) if so good luck this season. From what I heard the hunter safety course was overhauled a year or two ago so it is a lot more compact and simpler then before. I wont lie when I took it they could have cut half the things from it that didn't do anyone any good but have fun.