youth sounds like you got the hunting bug LOL
when I was your age I too was consumed with hunting, and all things that made up hunting
spent hrs and hrs in local shops shooting, every chance I got
the opened my own store to support my hobby even more
and all the hunts every yr all over
was a fun ride, good to be on if you ask me
You might want to look into building a small cabin down there, or a small pop up camper
as I know costs add up
when I did my Ohio hunts I tried my best to make them be 7-10 day long trips to help off set the ling drives, and up my odds the most on tagging out!
I rented a cabin, and ran me about 700+ per trip, and about that in gas
the hunting lic was always my cheapest part to hunting out of state LOL
But I am glad I took every trip I did
heck if anything I wish I did more!