1. Not covering the hands and face. The hands and face aren't often considered in the hunters' camo package but these can be your most glaring and recognized flaw. They reflect light and during movement and can be easily picked up by startled game. Bow and turkey hunters know the need for camo face paint but waterfowl hunters should also consider covering their face with camo makeup or a facemask. Check for and touch up and spots you may have missed.
2. Covering shiny objects. Glossy Stock and rifle scopes. These will reflect light and give away your position signaling the game. Wrist watches of course should be concealed or removed. Skin also has a reflective texture. Camouflaged finishes or a camo tape can conceal these easily.
3. Being well camouflaged but giving away your position by odor. Most large game animal have an excellent sense of smell and will pick your scent up with ease. Use unscented or better a hunting soap that won't leave you smelling like your looking to attract women rather than game. Many manufacturers focus now on odor elimination clothing such as carbon filtering. Also consider natural masking scents, odor elimination soaps, tall rubber boots, or scent killing spray on liquids. Cover scents are meant to disguise your own odor but should match the area you are hunting. Be careful of sex scent cover ups you could spook the deer. They will either greatly increase your chances or it could do the opposite especially in the wrong season. Place the sex scents out around your stand not directly on you to attract bucks. If you want to add a natural smell, start with no scent then sex, food smell, or cover afterward but be sure it fits the time of year. Cigarette and also cooking smokes will alert animals from a distance so be careful. Planning your hunt around the wind pattern can also be that extra advantage needed to get the big one. 4. Quality camoflauging only begins with visual blending. Sound plays as important a role as any. Wrap flashlights, rifle slings, watches, snaps, zippers, buttons, or anything that would make noise in camo tape or clothing. Keep the conversations to a low decibel, check your tree stands for squeeks, and inspect all your camoflague gear prior to opening day. Move as silently as possible as game can pick up on movement generally easily so control movement and stay out of direct sunlight and avoid fidgeting and use your shadowed areas. 5. Be alert of faded and worn camouflage. Many still wear dad's old faded camouflage for hunting and then are amazed when spotted by keen eyed game. As the camouflage fades and loses contrast and distinction, it also loses its ability to break up the form. The contrast must reflect and absorb light according to the area and may be the most important element of good camouflage for hunting. It can be more noticeable during the different times of the day, during bright and direct sunlight and low light cloudy days. That is why we don't spot a deer in the midst of a group of trees. The trees offer more contrast than the deer, and our eyes see the trees not the deer. Quality camoflague tends to be dyed with higher quality inks and is more colorfast.Wash your camouflage inside out in cold water and hang to air dry.
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