The question everyone asks
Do you have to spend money to enjoy this game?
In short yes and no, You technically dont have to spend a dime to play this game.
If you go the free route be prepared to grind your face off.

I want to spend money on the game but i don't know what to buy!
In my opinion this is the order of importance:
1.Clothing(camo makes things 1000 times easier)
2.Dogs(The German pointer can track animals, pretty useful)
3.Tents!!(Setting up spawn points is just too good)
4.Better optics(both weapon sights and binoculars)
5.Lures and Callers
6.Deployables(EX. ground blinds, treestands, etc)
7.Weapons
8.Vehicles

Take your time
Seriously take it slow or you will never see an animal.
DONT RUN
unless
you just fired your weapon, everything around you is gonna run anyway
you are out doing prehunt setup or exploring

The whitetail missions are not fun
Whitetail deer is supposed to be the introductory animal, but they are a pain in the ass to hunt and overall are not the most fun animal in the game. If you want to focus on whitetails by all means go ahead.

Learn how to stalk before learning to call animals in
Tracking is an invaluable skill in Thehunter, both as something you practice and improve at over time and as a soft skill

Read about your prey on the wiki
There is tons of useful information about animals on the wiki
Link: https://thehunter.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hunter_Wikia

Animal location guide
Very useful information
Link: https://cs2bus.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=658661911&searchtext=animal

Will add more as I learn more <3 thank you for reading