A CHARTER PLT IS VECTORED AWAY FROM A 'HOT' RESTR AREA BY ZMP JUST PRIOR TO ENTERING R-6904A; SW OF ISW; WI.

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THE PROB AROSE ON THE CLB OUT FROM ISW. THERE WAS MODERATE TURB AND STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA AND I WAS CONCENTRATING ON MAINTAINING POSITIVE CTL OF THE ACFT. MY ON COURSE HDG WAS 210 DEGS. I DEPARTED RWY 2 FROM ISW AND EXITED THE PATTERN VFR WITH A L 45 DEG TURN. I CALLED ZMP TO PICK UP MY IFR CLRNC. A FEW MINS LATER CTR CAME ON AND ASKED ME IF I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE RESTR AREA AND THE MOA THAT WAS HOT. I TOLD HIM I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND THAT I WAS UNAWARE THAT IT WAS HOT. I RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING SEVERAL HRS EARLIER AND I DID NOT ASK THE BRIEFER IF THERE WAS A MOA AND RESTR AIRSPACE IN THE AREA AND IF IT WAS HOT; NEITHER DID HE TELL ME ABOUT THIS. THE CTR CTLR SUGGESTED THAT I TURN SE TO AVOID THE RESTR AREA. I TURNED TO A HDG OF 120 DEGS. CTR THEN STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I WAS CLR OF THE MIL AIRSPACE TO GIVE ME MY IFR CLRNC. I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS REFERRING TO THE MOA OR THE RESTR AREA SO I FLEW 120 DEGS AND MAINTAINED VFR UNTIL I RECEIVED MY IFR CLRNC. I DIDN'T THINK I WAS IN THE RESTR AREA. I THOUGHT I WAS ABOUT 3 MI E OF IT BUT I'M NOT SURE. WHEN THE CTLR ASKED ME ABOUT THE AIRSPACE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FAMILIAR WITH IT. IN CONCLUSION; I BELIEVE THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE CAN BE AVOIDED IN THE FUTURE BY ME: 1) I NEED TO BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRSPACE SURROUNDING THE UNFAMILIAR ARPTS I FLY INTO. 2) I NEED TO SPECIFICALLY ASK THE FSS BRIEFER ABOUT ANY SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE ALONG MY RTE OF FLT IF THEY DON'T VOLUNTEER THE INFO. 3) I NEED TO VERIFY ANY AND ALL CONFUSION THAT I MIGHT HAVE WITH ANYTHING A CTLR SAYS OR ASKS ME. THESE THINGS WILL HELP ME TO BE A MORE PROFICIENT; PROFESSIONAL PLT. IF I DID VIOLATE THE AIRSPACE; I DIDN'T MEAN TO; AND I HAVE LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON FROM THIS UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE.