Well, I got to try my 3-D ASAT yesterday and found that there really is a difference between it and the other blob-tree patterns.
I researched posts all over the interenet for months this year before making a purchase. Everything I read was positive, and some were a little amazing and sounded a little far fetched: stalking up to deer in open field, standing and waving arms while deer looked in their direction, etc.
Far fetched, but I got a chance to experience a similar event. I had a doe come in through a thicket to an open shooting lane at about twenty yards. I didn't get prepared for the shot because I was trying to get a look at her with bino's as she approached to make sure she wasn't a small buck.
She stooped in the open road turned and looked toward me when I bumped my bow in a hurry to get bow ready. I knew that she was going to take a few more steps and disappear into another thicket so I decide to begin my experiment.
While she was looking at me I slowly turned, raised my bow and came to full draw. It was like watching a deer on TV; she never flinched. All she did was move her ears back and forth trying ti pinpoint the sound she had picked up. It was like she was looking right through me.
I have never seen anything like that. Never have I been able to move in such a situation, and usually a deer will bust me or at least spook once they have pinpointed me, while motionless, under such circumstances. And, I was plainly in the open. There was absolutely nothing between us to beak up my pattern. I had put artificial leaves on my stand to break it up. Between the stand camo I used and The ASAT, I think I have a winner here. :banana:
P.S. Okay, I will now admit that I flubbed the shot and yanked the trigger pulling shot to the right in front of her. I should blame ASAT for that, too, because I was so taken aback, I lost concentration. :Cry:
No more experiments!
I researched posts all over the interenet for months this year before making a purchase. Everything I read was positive, and some were a little amazing and sounded a little far fetched: stalking up to deer in open field, standing and waving arms while deer looked in their direction, etc.
Far fetched, but I got a chance to experience a similar event. I had a doe come in through a thicket to an open shooting lane at about twenty yards. I didn't get prepared for the shot because I was trying to get a look at her with bino's as she approached to make sure she wasn't a small buck.
She stooped in the open road turned and looked toward me when I bumped my bow in a hurry to get bow ready. I knew that she was going to take a few more steps and disappear into another thicket so I decide to begin my experiment.
While she was looking at me I slowly turned, raised my bow and came to full draw. It was like watching a deer on TV; she never flinched. All she did was move her ears back and forth trying ti pinpoint the sound she had picked up. It was like she was looking right through me.
I have never seen anything like that. Never have I been able to move in such a situation, and usually a deer will bust me or at least spook once they have pinpointed me, while motionless, under such circumstances. And, I was plainly in the open. There was absolutely nothing between us to beak up my pattern. I had put artificial leaves on my stand to break it up. Between the stand camo I used and The ASAT, I think I have a winner here. :banana:
P.S. Okay, I will now admit that I flubbed the shot and yanked the trigger pulling shot to the right in front of her. I should blame ASAT for that, too, because I was so taken aback, I lost concentration. :Cry:
No more experiments!