I am wanting to get some ASAT camo, anyone have some experience with the ASAT Elite or Day One Wool. How about the effectiveness of the camo...I know camo isn't really necessary, but I feel confident in camo.
I have a full ASAT wool setup from Day One. Bibs, pullover jacket and bucket hat. First class hunting camo and it'll be some of the best money you ever spent on anything camo.
I love wool!! I have been leaning toward Day One wool. I did a search on here and found a lot of guys who love their ASAT wool from Day One.
Be mindful, the Day One ASAT wool isn't a light weight wool. It's the real deal, heavier weight stuff. It's great in Michigan in late October, November and December. But it'd be hot in temps over 50.
As far as the camo aspect of ASAT, I've never had deer so close and never been picked out than with that ASAT. I've had deer I could have tapped with the bow that were clueless with me on a chair in the ASAT wool. I love my plaids and I may do most of my hunts with plaid this year, but there's nothing like ASAT.
One of the best camo patterns ever made IMO. Wait until you experience how many deer never even take a second look.
I have a ASAT leafy suit that works great
I became a believer last year when i was 20yds from a bull elk and he seemed to look right through me.
ASAT is a fine pattern, it and Predator are the way to go.
Agreed. Predator wool from Grey Wolf and ASAT wool from Day One are the two best camo patterns/fabric options made. And the folks at GWW are beyond 1st class in customer service as well. They've done about a 1/2 dozen custom orders for me, with me providing plaid wool, and they couldn't have done a better job at a fair price for the quality provided.
You have to do your part with any camo. You have to think of yourself as a blind. You need to take cover so you do not look human. And have the wind in your face.
I try & match where I sit to Camo. I sit in prairie grass with it and the deer walk almost too close. In the right situations I love ASAT. I like the Day 1 wool best because wool is so dull. Really blends nice.
I have the Day One wool in ASAT and the GWW on Predator wool. Both are great but I plan on selling the GW. Day one ASAT wool is better and much less cash.
Gray Wolf now has ASAT wool in addition to the Predator. The two best patterns ever made IMO.
I love ASAT,and the whool is very tight and good for cold weather.
Look at the GWW homepage for their ASAT wool. That's hard to beat...
http://www.graywolfwoolens.com/store/home.php
I have the First Lite wool in ASAT and love it, it is lite weight 100% mereno wool and machine washable.
I am a firm believer in the open patterns like Predator Fall Gray and ASAT..... I have all Predator FG since we hunt open and half overgrown clearcuts and if not for FG you will get, "skylined " and turn into a black blob against light gray white oak trees and open sky.
However, like Whip said..... if I did not have Predator FG then ASAT would be my next choice. It is a great pattern and would be the only other pattern I would wear if it was camo. May buy some for ground hunting when I get too old to climb trees.
I also would not take anything for my Asbell wools for early season in Timber Ghost. Again, just my humble opinion for the tree hunting we do with clearcuts where we need open, light colors to get the deer to, "look thru you " Had that happen with several big bucks over the past few years. I could see it in their eyes and brains as they were looking at me and processing, yet after a few seconds dismissed what they, "thought " they might have seen and went on about their business unalarmed. 180 degrees opposite of what used to happen back in the, "Mossy Oak ", days ! Most camos are just way too dark and busy IMHO..... We are all blessed with the great options available to us these days...... :coffee:
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Love asat I was very skeptical of it and it isn't a people catcher. I felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb but when the deer started walking by me and looking threw me I was a believer.
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I walked up on a group of pigs to tag this one at 5 yards.
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Pics are so you can see it in different back grounds
Yup- stalked a turkey this past spring to 25 yds. Dead. Stalked a 115" buck last fall to 25 yds- called him in to 5yds- never even looked at me. Got the pass. Stalked a mulie buck last fall- came in past me at 14. Got the pass. Bobcat at 8 yds. . I could keep going. We made our own ASAT 30+ years ago. Wore the first run when Brigade showed up 25+ years ago. Older Predator Brown or ASAT. . .
On ground at 6 yds while he made a rub facing me. Never even looked at me.
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Tree at 8 yds. Never looked at me.
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I am going to give ASAT the go this upcoming season. I appreciate the feedback from you guys. I was skeptical about wearing it for turkeys though, but several of you guys have had great success with it in the spring, I am just gonna have to get out of my "Mossy Oak" mindset. I will let you know how it turns out.
I love ASAT. Have the leafy suit and its worked great for hunting anything when im not moving around.
Just got the ASAT in First Lite camo for spot n stalk. FIrst Lite is top notch, not too thick, easy to layer, its machine washable and not terribly expensive for me.
First Lite gives a great discount to current and former members of the military so everyone knows. Just a great company, and ASAT is the best pattern made in my opinion
ASAT works! I have two leafy suits,and lightweight shirts and pants for the early season,sometimes in the early bow season,it's so hot down here,I wear shorts and a neutral color T-shirt under my leafy suit and I'm good to go.Best camo pattern made IMO
Here's our routine. We wear the ASAT leafy suit early season to late season. In the early season we can layer it over anything from shorts and t shirts when it's hot to heavier camo. When the leaves drop, we wear the ASAT leafy over our Pred Fall Grey. We walk to and from the tree wearing the leafy suit. Take it off before we climb up and have the great Fall Grey camo that blends perfectly in Nov/Dec when there's no leaves. We then climb down, put on the leafy suit and walk out. I know that camo is not everything but when you can walk by squirrels and have deer walk right up to you, it's a good thing.
I have worn the safety green shirts under my leafy top and almost gives top a green apperence which blends well in the early season.
Living "just around the corner from you", I have to say that ASAT is good camo. But, I think especially fleece and wool is not necessarily the right choice for Southern Indiana.
In comparison to out west, we have way too many sticker burrs and thorn bushes around here.
Unless you hunt exclusively in old growth forest with hardly any undergrowth, I would skip these materials, unless you like to pick off burrs for hours or rip holes into your expensive wool clothing.
For this reason, I like to do the following:
Use Stick & Limbs Camo outerwear as an outer wear layer. It is a tough and smooth poly-cotton blend, is quiet, does hardly pick up sticker burrs,is affordable, readily available and made in the USA. It is cheaper than the Mossy Oak etc. offerings at Bucks & Jakes or other local big box outdoor stores. You can also buy the fabric separately to sew custom pieces.
It doesn't look to the civil eye like 100% camo and thus can be worn with jeans all year long so you always have broken in clothing you are used to. And believe me, this camo works in almost every terrain unless you move abruptly.
Under the wear layer you can layer up and wear more delicate fabrics depending on the outer temperatures. This system is very versatile in almost every temperature range from hunting elk out west in September to hunting whitetails from October into December in Southern Indiana.
I have been wearing wool here in Southern Indiana for several years now, yes it does pick up the burrs and stick-tites, but that is something I am willing to deal with for the warmth and quietness of the fabric. I can get by for most of November with just a heavy wool shirt and wool vest. I have just ordered a set of Pair of ASAT Elite Essential pants and cant wait to try them out. tecum-tha we should get together sometime to shoot.
I intend to be wearing ASAT this season
not sure why they dont make the predator fall brown anymore. the stuff KSdan has on is about as good as you get with camo.
I love my DayOne ASAT wool as well as my FirstLite ASAT for the warmer temps.
For years now I've worn ASAT and can back up what guys are saying in regards to how it removes the human outline. Just this past bear season my guide was wearing ASAT - and swears by it too - was sitting watching me stalk a bruin. I looked back and I had troubles focusing on him. In saying that though, he mentioned my camo, the new Tusx was just as affective as well.
Some lines of camo are good... Others like ASAT, Tusx and Predator are outstanding. If, you take into account it is an aid for hunting and not and invisible suit as advertising companies will have you believe.
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Just got set up with a whole First Lite layering system in ASAT. Phenominal all around. Pricey but so very worth it.
ASAT is awesome....I use the bibs combined w/ a predator top. It's amazing how deer will look right through you. YOu can't dance a jig or anything..but I have even gotten away with some slow movement, even slow walking in a straight line toward them while being looked at....
Thought I blew it on this guy:
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Had been sitting all morning...he snuck in on me after blind calling out of desperation before leaving stand....Caught me sliding my baklava off my face at 13 yds...stared right through me....then resumed his sneak looking for the source of call.....end result: my first antlered buck w/trad bow.....
Last year, near dusk I walked across an open field towards a herd of 20+ deer. got to within 25 yds of them from probably 300yds out....not even sneaking; just slow walking, straight up.....of course, after 2 weeks of camping and nursing a cold..it was the opportune time for a coughing fit that I couldn't hold back :rolleyes:
Used this ensemble to sneak up on several deer while doing some scouting/hunting a new area in mid-November..broad daylight...
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I pair of doe I jumped up in some grass. Stood there looking at each other at about 10 Feet.....then they just walked off. Was able to get my bow brought up but only had a straight-away shot by then.....so watch some more ;)
Yes, Gray Wolf has ASAT wool now....
I usually shoot at Blackhawk. Next Sunday is their next 3D.
Used ASAT last year, for the first time, and thought it was great. Wore it both on the ground and from a hang-on. Appeared to be equally effective, attracting minimal attention, in both situations.
She even stuck around for a second shot after looking me off as a non-issue after the complete whiff on first shot.
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ASAT is my go to camo...it is all I buy. Depending on what you are looking for...I like First Lite best for their merino wool (own tons of it) then Day One. Merino wool is my #1 choice for hunting fabric. Now that Jeff at Grey Wolf Woolen is offering ASAT in wool I will be ordering a winter wool set from him...Jeff has the best custom wool operation out there from product to service IMO. I absolutely love my ASAT leafy suite from ASAT, it is incredibly effective. I tried the Elite line from ASAT, which came out when Sitka quite making gear in ASAT, and did not care for it but that was years ago so maybe they better today. Predator is good but ASAT is the best and the nice thing is there are a lot more manufactures of hunting clothes offering an ASAT option these days.
DayOne ASAT wool
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Jim- That is an AWESOME cool buck!
I agree with ^^^^^^ :clapper: :clapper:
Any tradgang sponsors sell ASAT leafy suits?
Last 5 years I have worn Predator and ASAT from dayone. I have had deer closer than any other I have worn in the last 20 years and hunting on the ground. As someone said, as long as you look at it as an assistant to hunting it is awesome Love it so much am having Graywolfwoolens make me some wool bibs in ASAT
This guy seemed to like his ASAT but it didn't work as well as mine.
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I use the ASAT Leafy suit early season. Spray it down and go. Doubles for waterfowl when I really need to hide.
First lite beanie and full hood when it cools off. I wear that hood with Asbel wool and its a difference maker. I like ASAT but believe keeping my face and hands covered is more important.