Apparently, not everybody reads (or chooses to follow) HNI's rules. I've attached a link below for anybody curious about reading them. They're fairly simple, easy to understand and follow. You can pretty much express your point without violating the rules on just about any topic. In the political forum, I give people warnings and then escalating temp bans. It is extremely rare that I permaban anybody except for spammers or obviously psycho people. As always, anybody who receives a warning, temp ban or just has a question about something is free to PM me and I will get you the best answer I can. But please do it through PM's and not on the open forum (see rule # 5).
For the OP, there aren't really any stupid questions to ask but some of them may have been answered more times already than others. Asking your question(s) is a huge part of why this forum exists--so experienced hunters can pass things on to newer hunters. Sometimes we forget that and get a little crotchety but that's what we have Mods for.
The Rules