Hubby11 – Cool, thanks for the link. That’s some good stuff right there. I bet that was a cool find. But, you need to change your user name. I feel weird calling you “hubby.”

3seasons – That’s actually the entrance hole. Exit was thru the abdomen, which I used to open him up for field dressing. I love the ASAT camo pattern. It is by far my favorite. A lot of the Realtree or Mossy Oak patterns blend together and look pretty solid when you get farther away. You don’t need a camo pattern that looks like leaves and sticks, etc. You just need something that will break up your outline, and that’s exactly what ASAT does. You wouldn’t think so just looking at the pattern, but it causes you to blend in very well.

Last season I was hunting in the mountains and my buddy heard my shot and came looking for me. He eventually saw me but told me how well I blended into the mountain side. Also last season, I was hunting from the ground against a tree and a buck came in only about 10 yards away. He spotted me right away, but I didn’t move. He kept looking over at me but never spooked because he didn’t know what I was and ended up walking right past me. The other day I was still hunting and found a tree I wanted to climb, so I took off my heavier coat and laid it by the tree and went to get my climber. When I came back, it took me awhile to find the tree even though I was looking right in that area and was specifically looking for my ASAT coat. So yeah, I like it.

Muley Hunter – I would have used the 250gr but they didn’t have any in stock locally, so I bought the 300gr. I ended up working an accurate load up with the 300gr, so I didn’t see any reason to switch. It may be “more than enough” for deer, but it’s not like shooting a squirrel with a .308 or something. And hunting in the mountains during rifle season, you never know when a killer buck might appear at 200+ yards, and that extra energy could come in handy. Better to have it and not need it!