medic1
Senior Member
Thanks JT. I’m liking the Asio. I also have the Kiln base layers. Good stuff. Good to hear your suggestions.This gets me down to about as cold as we will ever encounter. It of course gets mix and matched depending how low it gets and how much wind there is. The heavyweight bibs and jackets from the big companies are too heavy for my liking so I stick with the midweight. I tried the solitude bibs from FL and for some reason didnt like the fit and sold them. The Asio bibs are great in my wee mind. The sleeves on the Asio jacket are a little tight for my liking but it is well made and the wind block is perfect so I deal with it. The Asio midweight is comparable to the Sitka Stratus and First Lite Solitude. The Solitude Jacket gets a lot of complaints from bow hunters because of the collar being high but it's well made.
If any of you are on FB there's a couple of huge and very active swap and sell groups for all of the big brands. I buy and sell stuff there a lot. FB is very much the debil, but at least the swap and sell still works for me.
Also if you like First Lite, they will probably be releasing a handful of changes that will help their deer hunting line in the next couple of months.
First Lite wool bases. Wick Hoody or Kiln hoody/crew and Furnace 1/4 zip as needed. Kiln and Furnace bottoms (although I use a different brand in place of the furnace bottoms because I like the fit better).
Heavyweight fleece top and bottom from Kuiu as needed.
Encounter 290 Fleece Bottom | Black
The Encounter 290 Fleece Bottom is built for late-season whitetail hunts when remaining stationary and motionless throughout the course of the day is vital to success. It features a high-loft brushed interior that traps warm air and transports moisture so you stay warm and dry. The face fabric...www.kuiu.com
Encounter 290 Fleece Zip-T | Black
The Encounter 290 Fleece Zip-T is built for late-season whitetail hunts when remaining stationary and motionless throughout the course of the day is vital to success. It features a high-loft brushed interior that traps warm air and transports moisture from your base layers, so you stay warm and...www.kuiu.com
Asio windproof mid season bibs and jacket as needed.
Windproof Sherpa-Lined Bib 2.0
ASIO’s Windproof Sherpa-Lined Bib features our all-new dead-quiet panel fabric in our stealth ASIO RAPTOR CAMO® pattern, bonded to an interior Sherpa fleece, forming a superior windproof barrier without the bulk. This bib was made to carry you from mid to late season. Engineered with performance...asiogear.com
Windproof Sherpa-Lined Jacket 2.0
We took our Windproof Sherpa Lined Jacket to the next level with our all-new panel fabric and patent pending bowhunting collar. This jacket is designed to carry serious whitetail bowhunters from mid to late season, utilizing our new 2.0 design with dead quiet panel fabric bonded to an interior...
Lightweight puffy vest (yeah yeah I know I dont look as good in a vest as some of the Duttons but whadda ya do?) as needed.
Stays stuffed in the pack most of the time.
