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Try to set motion activated cameras on the main trails as well near feeding areas, that will allow you to determine where there are more possibilities to have success; then set your blind according to the recorded information.

After pre-season scouting you will know where and when to hunt those turkeys once the season begins and even when it's not essential, a blind will give you an edge covering your movements and blocking your scent; that's particular useful when bow hunting even when it's good to count with a blind also hunting with a gunshot.

Once your blind is set or your shooting spot has been decided, it's time to place decoys. If you are bow hunting decoys should not be more than 10-12 feet far from your position to assure you a clear shot, instead if you are hunting with fire guns, it's better to place decoys a little far.

Third thing to consider is noise. That's a very sensitive issue, especially if your ghillie suit is not built of top quality materials, leading to noise when you move and even because of the breeze; something that could show your position; so be sure your suit makes no noise.

A fourth issue to keep in mind is that your ghillie suit could compromise your supplies capabilities. The suit itself is bulky and you won't be wearing it all the time but only while stalking; so you will have to carry it towards and from the hunting ground, thus your profitable load will be diminished because of the suit and you will have less food, cartridges and equipment with you, since the available space and carrying capability is limited.

On northern states, rabbits hunting season usually begins with the fall, around September and October and lasts until the end of January and even February on some states; thus hunting rabbits and hares in northern states require a little snow hiking because the rabbits and hares season overlaps with the winter, when these animals are not breeding.

But on warmer states things are a little bit different; i.e. rabbits may be hunted all year round in Florida, Texas, Arizona and Utah; at the same time, northern states such as Alaska and Oregon neither have a closed rabbits season, even when bag limits are lower and, in the case of Alaska, all year round hunting depends of units and year, so refer to the Alaska's Department of Fish and Game to find accurate, updated information for this year.

Meanwhile in Hawaii you can't hunt rabbits because the population is low and the islands are a wildlife sanctuary. Same thing occurs at Maine where there's no open season for the New England cottontail because of being and endangered species, but you can go out for snowshow hares.

The aim of a ghillie suit is to break down the human silhouette using elements from the environment; thus a head won't be seen as a head and the arms will resemble more a tree branch than an human extremity.

To achieve such effect ghillie suits are built with loose, rough burlap flaps over an invisible nylon net where elements from local vegetation such as twigs and leaves are put by hand to break down the human shape and mimetize it with the background.

The best ghillie suits are hand made from scratch, but doing it may be time consuming; then most hunters prefer to start with a commercial ghillie suit which is later customized according to the area where the hunting takes place.

1. A great venison plate starts on the field.
Field dressing must be done promptly and fast; the sooner the meat is processed and removed from the carcass, better the result. So for tender, soft meat, field dressingis critical.

2. Try thin cuts
Deer has an "herbal", "wild" taste which is not appreciated by all the people, son a good way to mask it is the marinade; however if the cut is too thick, the marinade won't penetrate easy, thus thinner cuts are better.

3. Age the meat
Fresh meat has a more intense wild flavor; so ageing it refrigerated up for 10 days will help to reduce its particular smell and taste.

4. Deer fat does not taste good
Different from beef, venison fat has not a good flavor; so take your time to remove all fat and connective tissue from cuts in order to avoid undesirable taste.