hi Matt, i was 27 yrs. old before i started hunting...you have alot of loss time to make up for, lol......all i can say is just spend as much time in the woods learning as you can....you'lll learn alot here too.....take what you learn into the woods....when i first started, the woods were just woods, now i can go into the woods, i know almost every track i see, i know alot of the planyts and trees ,so that makes them more than just woods to me now....good luck....