Does a great job as breaking up your outline specifically. I’d give it a go for sure.

 

If you hunt in a tree stand, tripod, ladder stand, or brush blind a leafy suit works awesomely!!!!!

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Nnnaaaaa....just scrape out a four foot circle on the ground, leave beer cans and gas station burger wrappers scattered about and put on your orange pumpkin suit, they are blind haven't' you heard? And they like the smell of beer cans, burger wrappers, on top of old spice after shave and sweaty arm pits.

 

Don’t forget the Marlboro cig butts and Redman

 

I like to wear one.

 

They have certainly worked for me. For kicks, I've even tested it on the same groups of deer from the same stand to see how they would respond to my presence in the stand after being busted on prior hunts. The leafy suit worked wonders. Obviously you still have to minimize or eliminate movement. Being still is the ticket, leafy suit or not.

 

As long as it passes the blob test at about 70+ yards.

 

I hunted on the ground wearing leafy suits for about a decade now. They blend in and break up your shape better than anything. Pack it in if you're going through briers or burrs. Pre season soak with permethrin because you'll never find a tick on them. I don't know if they make much of a difference in a tree.

 

I wear one and have had deer very close with the right wind.. inside ten yards without a clue that I was there.

On public land I have also had other hunters inside of ten yards, usually just passing thru.
Not ideal, but it happens on public ground.

One guy stopped to sit down five yards in front of my brush blind to take a break and eat a snickers candy bar.

He was very surprised I was there, to say the least, when i spoke up and reminded him not to litter.

I have two, an ASAT camo suit and an Ameristep leafy poncho and sit on a small chair, inside or behind brush blinds made of existing foliage.

I carry the suit in my backpack and put it on when I get to the blind.

It helps to build blinds ahead of time. I build blinds out of existing brush in the off season and mark their location with GPS, so I can walk straight to them in the dark.

 

On public land ——and mark their location with GPS, so I can walk straight to them in the dark.

Yes sir. That applies to alot of things too.

 

as long as it breaks up all the V's. Armpits, crotch, sides of neck. You tube some info on how US snipers make their own Ghillie suit and the concepts of camouflage ad the human silhouette . This helped me build a custom suit out of a military bdu jacket cut from breast height down which I believe is much more effective than the fake canvas triangles.

 

Overkill for sure and IMHO not worth it unless you ground hunt with a bow. Heck 1/2 the people on here say you don't even need camo...........lol. But I don't agree with that having not used it and then using it.

 

Hell yes, do it! If it has decent contrast in it then it's probably better that 99% of the garbage camo patterns that exist today.

 

They give you a slight edge on a deers eyes.
I'll take every advantage I can in the woods so I wear an ASAT one.

 

I have had an ASAT suit for close to 7yrs and would not imagine hunting without it. I just got a North Mountain suit and passed on my ASAT to a buddy.

If someone has decent hunting skills the leaf suit is the final touch !!! When it's hot I hunt in short sleeves and shorts under my leaf suit.

 

Dude they’re awesome. I got the same one you just bought. It’s so lightweight and can pack into anything. I’m actually washing it right now with my other early season duds getting ready for next weekend!

 

Bought a couple ghil/leaf suits from cabelas years ago, when I first started wearing them, that were quality. They had a liner and plenty of zipped pockets with a ton of leaf coverage. Still wearing both of them. Have one from north mountain, a couple mesh unbacked leaf suits and a string suit from cabelas. Cabelas quality went downhill, and the string suit gets caught on everything but have their place too. Leaf suits work good against a turkeys eyesight, too. Had hens walking back and forth looking at me and not spook. Had deer under the limbs of the tree I was sitting against, looking right through me as if I wasn't there. And crossing within feet of me. Looking at me for a minute then not bother to look back at me again as if convinced I was nothing of a threat.

 

Definitly.

 

Leafy and ghillie suits work great on the ground

they are like wearing a blind, even if deer see you they react less when they think you might just be a deformed pine tree that wasn’t there yesterday

this also disproves the “camo doesn’t matter” argument

good, 3D camo works….fine detail pictures of trees on flat fabric don’t work nearly as well

I pack a leafy suit and paint my face when ground hunting (this pairs well with a simple blind made out a bamboo stakes, camo cloth, and some brush

it would probably help slightly in a tree, but it’s enough of a pain that I just skip it

 

I’m doing some suburban deer hunting and can throw the leafy suit over shorts and a t shirt. When I’m done at night I just walk in neighborhood like I’m hiking with a backpack.

 

I love my asat leafy suit.

 

Definitely a yes for me.

Playing the wind and movement are often the biggest factors and at times you could have worn anything to nothing at all and been just as successful!
That said, I've been a ghillie or leafy suit user since about 2000 because I feel they are an advantage that has proven their worth to me many times over since then. Especially so during close encounters with deer and turkey at ground level.

 

On the ground absolutely, in a tree I wear regular ASAT and the deer seem to look right through me. I did try the ASAT leafy suit in a treestand when I first got and it worked on birds of prey, had multiple owls and hawks swoop right in on me.

My newest one is the Kill Suit, great for bowhunting turkeys without a blind and I've had deer coming really close.

 

Yup, I have had a big Retail, a Falcon and one Owl think I was something to land on. The Falcon and the Red tail got the closest before changing direction. They also caused me to check my shorts.

 

I use the North Mountain with the hood have had turkeys within 10 feet when I’ve had a good backdrop of brush. Not sure it helps that much in a tree, especially the telephone pole pines I hunt but can’t hurt. I use a forearm sleve to keep the baggy leafy jacket out of the way on my bow arm.

 

I have 3 leafy suits......ASAT, an early season mix of green/tan and a cheapie from Walmart that I wear in the spring as it is very green. ASAT works great in a tree.....with or without leaves. From the ground, just make sure your tones are going to fit into the general background. The only time I know I was busted in ASAT was sitting on the ground in dead tan weeds, but my back cover was a stand of pines. Apparently I was sticking above the weeds enough that the deer coming in could see the contrast where there wasn't one previously. If I had my green/tan leafy, I'm pretty sure I would have gotten away without a hitch. Well worth the investment.

 

I hunt wearing a Kill Suit and even up in the tree it makes a difference in concealment. I have a green one for early season and a tan one for late season. I have a snow one but only ground hunt coyotes with it.

 

It's important to break up the outline of your head as well

 

I'd almost argue that's the most important part!