Put out as many goose decoys as you can. Usually the more decoys you have, the more interested the geese are to land.

When following a recent kill trail, don't shout or make loud noises. This may alert the deer if it is still alive and cause it to run off.

To keep the chain on a treestand from clanking, dip it in a rubber dip compound available at any hardware store. If the chain is too short to go all the way around a large tree, carry along an extra two feet of chain with an add-a-link fastener and add it to the treestand's chain.

Choose cover scents correctly to mix with the different environments you hunt in.

To avoid flinching when you shoot your rifle install a recoil butt pad. Another option is to have the muzzle magnaported, a process which cuts slots into the side of the barrel about an inch from the end, which allows recoil-gathering gases to escape.

Want to keep yourself a little warmer in late season hunting? Try one of the polar fleece vests. The vest will cut the wind penetration to your vital areas and make you much more comfortable on your hunt.

Practice shooting your bow with broadheads before hunting.

Remember "Sounds of Silence"? I'm far too young to remember any details about this classic song written and performed in D major by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle back in September of '72 (Paul played rhythm guitar and Art sang harmony), but if I wasn't too old, there is a hunting lesson to be learned from the lyrics. To whit, let's say you're on stand and the squirrels are chattering, the woodpeckers are pecking and there's even an unseen mouse rustling through the leaves beneath your stand. Then suddenly nothing. No sound; or more accurately, the "sounds of silence." Do yourself a favor and get ready, something's coming. Any large animal, passing through the forest pushes a bow-wave of silence before them, no matter how furtive they may be.