Welcome to the site Steve!
Man, you are in the EXACT same situation I was in 5 years ago - and it was the guys here who answered all my questions and taught me a ton of stuff.
ASK any question about any subject you want. Jump right in.
CHECK the instructional threads - your answer may already be there.
READ as many of the old threads as you can - lots of guys spill information nuggets that'll make you go "Oh wow, that's what that means"...or "Cool, I didn't know that!"
My first year I tried and tried and finally knocked one down on the second-to-last weekend! Lot's of good hunting left in January.