On the recommendation of several people, and after having inspected the garments first-hand, I made the decision to switch from my Realtree camo over to Gray Wolf Woolens stuff in Jeff's Intrusion patterns. For early season and not-so-cold days I have a set of Intrusion Deadfall that I've been wearing, and for late-season/snow/barren trees/freezing cold conditions I have a set of lined bibs and a lined pullover in Intrusion Treeline. With the relatively mild temps so far this year I've done most of my hunting out of the Intrusion Deadfall and thus far, can't remember a deer that's picked me off in the stand and spooked. I've had plenty of them catch movement and look up at me, give me the stare-down, the head bob, and eventually either go right back to feeding or whatever else they were doing before they "saw" me. This includes an encounter I had with a small buck last weekend at 10 yards, on the ground, with him walking directly at me. He gave me the head-bob a few times, and eventually went right back on his merry way, offering me a perfect 10 yard shot if I wanted it.

To say I've been impressed and am happy with this gear and this pattern is an understatement. I love this stuff, and despite the fact that I ripped my pants crossing a fence last week and will probably have to buy a new set now, I'll don't see myself changing to anything else for a long, long time.

With that said, here are three sets of photos that Christine took of me in a tree with the Intrusion Deadfall pattern. Germ - make sure you add these to your collection.