anyone use it?pros/cons or pics.thanks
Great camo! ASAT and Predator are by far my two favorite patterns.
I have been using ASAT since 1990, it is good stuff. Bought my first set from Brigade Quartermasters and am still kicking myself in the butt for not getting the wool sweater in ASAT they used to carry.
I have been using the ASAT knit sweater and pants for 10-15 years. There is no better pattern in my estimation and the knit stuff was one of the best purchases I ever made.
I bought the leafy 3D suit this year. The pattern just seems to blend in with anything.
I went with the lightweight suit because I wanted something I could wear in hot weather or over my cold weather gear.
Same here. I got the suit a little big so when winter hits, If it actually does hit here in Louisiana, I can slip it over some warmer clothes...
ASAT Camo is a great pattern. It is by far one of the better patterns out there. It pretty much conceals one in all kinds of terrain and I think thats why it is so effective.
Guess what? Stika gear is making their stuff in ASAT and it is available starting tomorrow. Albertakid (TG Sponsor) is a distributor and my order is already in! Gonna need it for elk in two weeks!
I bought my first ASAT Ultimate 3D camo in 1997. It is awesome and still like new. It just gets better and more quiet every time it is washed.
Animals just can't see me in my ASAT.
JDS
I've been using predator fall brown for years but want some lightweight ASAT for as little moola as possible.
suggestions welcome.
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Nice bow Joe.
I tried to order a leafy suit and they said there will be none this hunting season due to the supplier who makes them no longer doing it and they need to find a new factory to make that particular version of the ASAT line :-(.
I am really thinking about some Sitka Gear in ASAT, most notably the vest and summit shirt, the stuff looks functional and well made....
David
everyone here uses ASAT. duh
ASAT stands for All Season All Terrain and brother did they nail it. That 3D Pro Vanish leafy suit is killer. I had the biggest buck I have ever missed at 15 yards with 12 other deer and none saw me. I was on the ground in farly open woods. Oh and I know you're probably wondering so I'll tell you. I was so focused on the spot and making no mistakes in shooting that I didn't seet the 2 inch think branch that was directly in the flight path of the arrow 5 yards in front of me.
ASAT is an awesome pattern,always has been,always will be......Anyone interested in Sitka gear clothing,they're a sponsor here, check out the sponsors links for the site....good stuff!
Good for Deer, but I noticed the base is yellow or khaki, how is it for Turkey?
I bougth some of the original Brigade stuff when it first came out. Twenty years later it was so faded the background was almost white so I retired it. Very well made stuff so it was structurally sound but too light and deer really picked it out. I bought some camo restore dye and brought it back to close to the original colors and started using it again. Works great!
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toddster,
I have had turkeys walk past the tips of my toes and not know I was there.
I was a skeptic reading comments like the ones above. But I bought a 3-d suit last year & I'm a believer now! Critters just don't see you at all.
Dayone also has it- in wool too! Best pattern out there. Works on turkeys in the right time of year. It is too light IMO in mid-late spring here in KS. Otherwise- I wear it ASAT.
How about a single negative opinion? I don't own it so I dunno, but I could think of many.
It isn't a good pattern if you hunt a tree stand in a pine tree with limbs around you, too light for all the dark green around you. It is at it's best on the ground in a hardwood forest.
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How about a single negative opinion? I don't own it so I dunno, but I could think of many.
Primary negatives, it cost too much for what it is and isn't widely available in a variety of fabrics.
I still want some. :)
A great pattern! A negative? according to their website they are sold out of or not in stock on just about everything they list. A bad time of the year to be low on inventory......I still need some more however.
ASAT works for me...I have a lot of confidence in this camo pattern.
I'll add to the general agreement that ASAT is a great pattern. I mentioned how a bluebird landed on my shoulder in another thread. I use the 3D suit for deer, geese, crows and turkey. Saves me needing a blind in most cases. I have had turkeys walk right next to me and not see me.
I have two suits, one a size too large for wearing over cold weather clothes.
And the BDU pants and the long and short sleeve jerseys are great, too. I wear them mostly when hunting doves but also for stalking. The 3D suit does tend to get hung up alot on stickers.
The parka they offer is pretty nice. Waterproof outer with a removable inner that can also be worn as a jacket.
Also an ASAT convert from Predator. Still like the Predator, but the ASAT 3-D is unbelievable! Just bought a complete set of Sitka in ASAT and can't wait to try it this fall.
gp
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QuoteOriginally posted by electric blues:
How about a single negative opinion? I don't own it so I dunno, but I could think of many.
Primary negatives, it cost too much for what it is and isn't widely available in a variety of fabrics.
I still want some. :) [/b]
My negative: Sizes, sizes, sizes (my 38" sleeve, 36" inseam, I'm 6'-8" and I'm not XXXXXXXXL..... Its good stuff, just cant get my size.....
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My brother - and hunting buddy - keeps telling me how awesome my 3D-Vanish Pro ASAT is visually, but this last weekend hunting muleys by a watering hole, I had doe after doe bust me when I wasn't moving at all! (no, they didn't wind me.) :( Is it that they're more on guard at watering holes - being animals of all sorts will congragate: including predators? I sat amongst some bushes, and only my torso was visible.
Also, am I the only one who thinks the leafy suit is AWFULLY noisy? Unless there's enough wind to cover my sound, my confidence goes down when I'm sitting, and even lower when I'm stalking. I bought it last year, and I'm sure I've washed/dried it a couple dozen times with Sport Wash. Certainly it got better after the first 3 or 4, but it just doesn't hold a candle to wool for quietness.
Should I be doing something differently?
Is the sport wash a non UV brightener soap? If not, try some of the UV blocker. Other than that, just be sure you have some kind of background behind youbesides a skyline and you should be pretty good to go. If you are skylined, it dont' matter what you wear....
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...still stumped. You know how people keep saying while wearing ASAT the deer just "see through" them? ...this felt like it was the opposite: it was the ASAT she'd picked out. If that only happened the first time, I'd have chalked it up to me moving or something.
without seeing where you were in regards to them I can't hazard a guess; but if your 3D suit is new it's possible its movement with the wind didn't match the leaves around you because it was still a little stiff. You may have twitched or exhaled loud any number of little things. It also could just have been that sixth sense game seems to have.
Alan, I'm convinced that deer just have some sort of 6th sense. Some days it doesn't matter what you wear or do, they will bust you. They just sense when something is out of place.
Run your leafy suit through the dryer a few times with an old sneeker and it will soften up nicely.
I prefer my ASAT in fleece. I have a Bowhunter jacket from Day One and a pair of 6 pocket fleece pants I love because there is no noise whatsoever. I have the 3d suit but I too don't like the noise but I think animals don't really hear it but it still bugs me.
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...still stumped. You know how people keep saying while wearing ASAT the deer just "see through" them? ...this felt like it was the opposite: it was the ASAT she'd picked out. If that only happened the first time, I'd have chalked it up to me moving or something.
I don't own even one piece of ASAT but I can offer some points to ponder.
Were you wearing glasses or contacts?
Did you have a headnet or facemask?
Did you make eye to eye contact?
Is it possible another hunter used the same spot previously?
Deer can see an eye blink at over 100yds when they are looking for trouble. I think it's part of their bobcat defense technology. :D
ncboman...
Yeah, I was wearing glasses, and had the leafy headnet on, and... made eye contact, but no other hunters (or cattle) had used the dug-out recently.
Must be 6th sense - or they just use the hole so frequently they noticed a new "bush".
Maybe the sun was reflecting from your glasses (or bow)...plus direct eye contact is a killer.
I washed/dried my 3D suit a bunch and it is very quiet. For what it's worth...
gp
A quick way to aid in the softening of a 3D suit......when you wash a lefty suit put a package of shower curtian rings(removed from the package of coarse) in the washer and dryer with it the rings smacking around in the machoines will help soften the fabric.
Everyone I have tried didn't have the ASAT in the Sitka. I purchased the Mt.Mimicry in the Down Pour(it's wet out here in Oregon). I really like the pattern for hunting on the east side of the state.
Anybody know when ASAT is are going to get in any leafy suits? Kinda hard to buy one when they are still out of stock
I wore my 3-d leafy suit for the first time in Newfoundland on a caribou hunt. At first the guide I was with smiled but later that day he hid behind me as animals walked by within 10 yards with very little cover. He later in camp said that he had never thought much of camo but this one was different and very effective. As for me after being close to so many animals I am very happy with with the results and look forward to deer season