My best advise...as mentioned NUMEROUS times...PRACTICE!!!!! You should practice enough to where everything is 2nd nature when shooting. Make sure your equipment is properly tuned, waxed, silenced, etc... Someone mentioned keeping your shooting distances short. That is a great idea. If you can be consistent at 10-25 yards, you can kill a deer in the woods. There is no need to shoot at 50-60 yards right now. Save that for a couple of years down the road. Welcome to the greatest sport ever......DEER HUNTING!!!!!! Good luck.