Two of the more important things IMO are a good pair of boots and a pair of binoculars. Hundreds of things you can learn just by walking and watching.
Next most important is proficiency in whatever firearm (or Bow) you decide on.
Knowledge, learn to track and learn the habits of whatever you want to hunt. I look down and then I look around. You look down to see what is there (game tracks, evidence of feeding etc.) and you look around to try and discern their habits and haunts.
Who, what, where, when and why? Example, Who-Raccoon, what-foraging, where-in a ditch, when-evening, why-it is what they do and there are likely no predators around.
Last edited by MudderChuck; 01-30-2016 at 06:19 AM.