Don't know nuthin' 'bout huntin' no gators, hogs, and various other critters foreign to these parts.
Have spent several years looking for lost people and teaching others how not to experience that thrill. If you'd rather be in the latter group than the former, shoot me a PM and I'll send you a link to my free two page guide to learning wilderness navigation.
Then go buy an orienteering compass -- ask at the outdoor store if you don't know what it is. Do NOT buy a lensatic compass, which is great for Marines calling in mortar fire but less efficient for hunters and other pedestrians.
Read the tiny, tiny print in the compass instructions one section at a time, until you understand that section and can smoothly do what it tells you to do.
Buy a topographic map of an area where you can practice frequently.
Use the compass, the compass instructions, the map, and my instructions to practice. Lather, rinse, repeat until you can do all of it without thinking much about it. You'll know more about backcountry navigation than 85% of the hunters out there. And you'd be surprised how many of your acquaintances among trad bowhunters are in that number.