Ten Tips For Effective Use of Camouflage
by Jim Crumley  Outdoor Families, Inc. 

A gun or bow is useless when in the hands of someone who has not learned its proper use. So it is with camouflage. Just putting on a suit of camouflage does not necessarily camouflage the wearer. The following tips should allow your camouflage to perform at its best.

1. Use a camo that has colors dominant to the terrain you are hunting.
2. Use a camo that blends naturally with your background in the majority of the situations when you will be taking a shot.
3. When placing your tree stand face it in a northerly direction to keep the sun at your back, and you in the shadows.
4. When hunting on the ground having the wind in your face and the sun at your back is the ultimate, but not always possible. Move in the shadows as much as possible.
5. Camouflage face, hands, and any shiny equipment.
6. If you are on the ground and game is approaching, you are less likely to be noticed, or identified as a threat, if you are kneeling or sitting.
7. For a "Quarry's Eye" look at how well your tree stand or blind blends in, back off thirty yards and  view it in a kneeling position.
8. Do not "Encase" yourself in blow downs or other thick foliage when calling turkeys for safety sake. Set up so that your foreground is relatively open, blending with your background.
9. No camouflage covers movement unless you' re in a blind. Any movement when game is close must be painstakingly slow. Your movement will be less noticeable on windy days.
10. Never walk open ridge tops to move on game. Always move just below the ridgeline to keep from being sky lined.