Bird Turglar

I'm new here myself. Welcome!

Yes, I'm a newbie. Ever since I learned how to make beef jerky, I've been wanting venison. I just recently purchased my first firearm a couple days ago from a buddy of mine. It is a 12ga Remmington 870 magnum express combo pump action. And I just purchased my first hunting license today. I'm thinking about buying the lifetime sportsman license next year with my income tax return because with the cost of fishing and hunting licenses, it will pretty much pay for itself in about 10 years. I've also been stocking up on hunting gear and camo. I've bought a lot of my camo and various odds and ends type of stuff at Wal Mart. Yes I know you're probably thinking that I should buy my gear at high end hunting supply stores, but unfortunately I'm not wealthy like some of you...lol I also bought an instructional DVD online that shows step-by-step how to field dress and properly boucher a deer. As much as I'm looking foward to shotgun season in late November, there are some things I am nervous about regarding deer hunting. One of my biggest things is what to do if I kill a deer. I just don't want to screw up the field dressing and spoil the meat or waste any meat. If I'm gonna take a deer's life, I owe it to the deer to make the most of him (or her if the DMP lottery allows me to hunt doe), and I don't want the deer to go to waste. But over all, I just want to know if any of you experienced hunters have any good advice in general to give to a newbie like myself. Anything I should know about or be aware of? Thank you!

Hello! My name is Mike. I am 29 years old and I live in Lockport, NY and I just got back into fishing this year for the first time since I was in high school. I plan to take up deer hunting for the first time ever at the end of this year and so I decided to join this forum to get some insight and learn some things here and there about hunting and outdoor sportsmanship. I look foward to getting to know you all better. God bless!