There are a lot of things that go into a successful hunt and even more that goes into being successful year after year. But none of it means a lick if you don't put the time in the woods necessary to find the animal you are looking for. You can have the best scent control, best cammo, be able to move without sound ad be able to shoot the wing off a fly at 1000 yds but it don't mean a thing if you don't invest the time actually being in the woods. The more time you spend in the woods the better hunter you'll be. Because not only are you finding more game but ever encounter with game and game sign only hones your skills more and more. But then again I hunt out West in the Rockies. I don't what it's like hunting over a corn feeder.