Tips...
1) If you're a bowhunter, camo absolutely helps, especially if you like to still-hunt like I do - sometimes getting within 10-15 yards of deer and turkeys without anything to break my outline (i.e., I'm in the woods, but not near a tree or bushes - out in plain sight). And go the whole 9 yards - a facemask helps when the deer is close enough to pee on you!
I also hunt with rifle, camo is much less important in that case, but I have it so I wear it (along with orange vest). In rifle season, wear an orange VEST and a camo or black hat - you move your head much more than your chest, so best to leave the neon off your noggin.
2) Whatever you do, when a deer is looking at you, do NOT make eye contact with it - all predators have both eyes in front, while all other animals have one eye on each side - if it sees both your eyes looking at it, it will know something is there and not right. Look at the ground at its feet, and try not to let it see your eyes.
3) While still-hunting, putting an old pair of wool socks over your boots lets you move through the woods more quietly, and you will bend some sticks that you'd have otherwise broken. Remember to spray your socks with scent killer or an acorn cover scent.
4) Don't wear cotton/denim clothing if you hunt on/near rivers or lakes in cool/cold weather. This has nothing to do with hunting, but everything to do with survival if something goes wrong. Cotton kills....
5) When I hunt squirrels, I still-hunt just like I'm hunting deer, although I do wear an orange vest - it keeps my stalking and still-hunting skills honed and makes it easier for me to move quietly through the woods.
6) Get out and hunt - you'll learn a lot more in the woods than you will watching hunting shows!
Michael
1) If you're a bowhunter, camo absolutely helps, especially if you like to still-hunt like I do - sometimes getting within 10-15 yards of deer and turkeys without anything to break my outline (i.e., I'm in the woods, but not near a tree or bushes - out in plain sight). And go the whole 9 yards - a facemask helps when the deer is close enough to pee on you!
I also hunt with rifle, camo is much less important in that case, but I have it so I wear it (along with orange vest). In rifle season, wear an orange VEST and a camo or black hat - you move your head much more than your chest, so best to leave the neon off your noggin.
2) Whatever you do, when a deer is looking at you, do NOT make eye contact with it - all predators have both eyes in front, while all other animals have one eye on each side - if it sees both your eyes looking at it, it will know something is there and not right. Look at the ground at its feet, and try not to let it see your eyes.
3) While still-hunting, putting an old pair of wool socks over your boots lets you move through the woods more quietly, and you will bend some sticks that you'd have otherwise broken. Remember to spray your socks with scent killer or an acorn cover scent.
4) Don't wear cotton/denim clothing if you hunt on/near rivers or lakes in cool/cold weather. This has nothing to do with hunting, but everything to do with survival if something goes wrong. Cotton kills....
5) When I hunt squirrels, I still-hunt just like I'm hunting deer, although I do wear an orange vest - it keeps my stalking and still-hunting skills honed and makes it easier for me to move quietly through the woods.
6) Get out and hunt - you'll learn a lot more in the woods than you will watching hunting shows!
Michael