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The Mercy Seat

Never seen the specific make/model ur using but I've never had good luck finding level ground when I've taken a chair. U have to sit down and move all around to get the legs "set" into the ground and it seems to be unlevel/cockeyed more often than not. If u are carring a separate backpack anyway IMO saddle tethered in at ground level still offer better options.

Cool piece of gear either way
 
Never seen the specific make/model ur using but I've never had good luck finding level ground when I've taken a chair. U have to sit down and move all around to get the legs "set" into the ground and it seems to be unlevel/cockeyed more often than not. If u are carring a separate backpack anyway IMO saddle tethered in at ground level still offer better options.

Cool piece of gear either way
I have a pacseat tooand the difference between this seat and others on the market is that it is designed to lean against a tree. It has two legs that come down with nothing between them so you can straddle roots and other obstacles and it is easy to level. The chair can also be free standing which is also great depending on the situation. It is a really well designed chair.
 
I seen you video via HB forum and I’m intrigued...does the seat fold out to make a shelf? How well does it carry a load? Could the shoulder waist strap be easily swap out for something more “heavy duty”?
 
I ordered one from Dave beginning of Nov 2020 with the understanding I wasn't getting it until after Christmas. Just received it this week, and it is very well built. Can't wait to give it a good try as soon as all this snow goes away. Yeah, it was expensive, but good quality gear always is. I am impressed with the quality and the attention to detail down to zip tying the cotter pins fast where the pins hold the straps so they don't fall out. I have sat in it in the garage and spent one evening in the living room watching TV. I like it.
 
The Mercy Seat struck again. 5 pigs in one little slip-n-sit hunt. The .22wmr is one bad little round. All 5 were shoulder shots. Biggest had to have been over 200lbs. I couldn't drag him 10 yards.

Packing out 5 pigs is a PITA, so I used the seat to haul one on my back. He weighed 95lbs. I think that's the upper limit of what I'd want to haul with the stock straps.

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Side note: I'm not sure what the FOC is on a 40 grain .22 bullet, but it must be outrageous because that bullet blew through both sides of that boar. It had that lovely shield that makes it a pain to skin out shoulders, but 22 mag is like the honey badger.
 
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The Mercy Seat struck again. 5 pigs in one little slip-n-sit hunt. The .22wmr is one bad little round. All 5 were shoulder shots. Biggest had to have been over 200lbs. I couldn't drag him 10 yards.

Packing out 5 pigs is a PITA, so I used the seat to haul one on my back. He weighed 95lbs. I think that's the upper limit of what I'd want to haul with the stock straps.

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Side note: I'm not sure what the FOC is on a 40 grain .22 bullet, but it must be outrageous because that bullet blew through both sides of that boar. It had that lovely shield that makes it a pain to skin out shoulders, but 22 mag is like the honey badger.
I tried a small wild pig bout 10-15#, it had zero fat anywhere on him. Cooked it on a ceramic grill slow and low bout 200 deg. I think I could have made boots out of it. Not good, not good at all.
 
I tried a small wild pig bout 10-15#, it had zero fat anywhere on him. Cooked it on a ceramic grill slow and low bout 200 deg. I think I could have made boots out of it. Not good, not good at all.
Strange. I've never ate a pig i didn't like. But I have always shot them close to or in riverbottoms and they are always fatty.
 
The Mercy Seat struck again. 5 pigs in one little slip-n-sit hunt. The .22wmr is one bad little round. All 5 were shoulder shots. Biggest had to have been over 200lbs. I couldn't drag him 10 yards.

Packing out 5 pigs is a PITA, so I used the seat to haul one on my back. He weighed 95lbs. I think that's the upper limit of what I'd want to haul with the stock straps.

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Side note: I'm not sure what the FOC is on a 40 grain .22 bullet, but it must be outrageous because that bullet blew through both sides of that boar. It had that lovely shield that makes it a pain to skin out shoulders, but 22 mag is like the honey badger.
Nice pictorial!!! Like the looks of that CZ. .22mag is a great round within 100 yards. They nock the snot of most things for sure.
 
The Mercy Seat struck again. 5 pigs in one little slip-n-sit hunt. The .22wmr is one bad little round. All 5 were shoulder shots. Biggest had to have been over 200lbs. I couldn't drag him 10 yards.

Packing out 5 pigs is a PITA, so I used the seat to haul one on my back. He weighed 95lbs. I think that's the upper limit of what I'd want to haul with the stock straps.

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Side note: I'm not sure what the FOC is on a 40 grain .22 bullet, but it must be outrageous because that bullet blew through both sides of that boar. It had that lovely shield that makes it a pain to skin out shoulders, but 22 mag is like the honey badger.

Dang, you put a hurting on the pigs there. Just sitting on a travel route? We just got back from Fort Stewart with a 95 pound sow. These Ohio boys got no experience with preparing wild piggies. What’s your preferred method for eating one that size?


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Dang, you put a hurting on the pigs there. Just sitting on a travel route? We just got back from Fort Stewart with a 95 pound sow. These Ohio boys got no experience with preparing wild piggies. What’s your preferred method for eating one that size?


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Stalking them in some wet, young row pines. I've never had much success waiting around for hogs. They're pretty nomadic and unless you're baiting heavily and not pressuring them they just don't play ball. I've had much better luck cruising likely spots and not slowing down unless I see or hear them or see very, very fresh sign. I crawled through the pines until I could hear them, and then just sat and waited. If they moved, I moved with them. Followed them until shot opportunities started opening up.

As far as prep, I've always just slow cooked them. Either on a smoker, or in a crockpot/pressure cooker. Default recipe when I'm feeling lazy and hungry (frequent occurrence) is to just throw a cut in the slow cooker with a packet of Lipton onion soup mix and cook it til it pulls. Then eat it on buns with whatever BBQ sauce you believe in.
 
Personally if my choice is to bow hunt from the ground or don't hunt I guess I'll take a seat but if I have any choice what so ever I will NEVER bow hunt from the ground again
 
But does it pack out critters and can you use it without a tree? :)
I will concede that the M300’s strength lies more in the area of helping you kill the critters vice packing them out. It’s light weight allows you to go deep and it’s comfort allows you to sit longer. I must admit that a lack of trees in the woods has never been a problem for me, but I guess it could be an issue for others if they prefer to hunt the fields
 
Personally if my choice is to bow hunt from the ground or don't hunt I guess I'll take a seat but if I have any choice what so ever I will NEVER bow hunt from the ground again
I’m with you....nothing harder than hunting from the ground. Way too easy to get busted. That’s why I chose to start one sticking, so I could go deep and still climb a tree. Just couldn’t keep lugging that viper or getting busted on the ground.
 
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I’m with you....nothing harder than hunting from the ground. Way too easy to get busted. That’s why I chose to start one sticking, so I could go deep and still climb a tree. Just couldn’t keep lugging that viper or getting busted on the ground.
I have read many comments by hunters who readily embrace the dramatic increase in difficulty killing a mature buck with a bow while sitting on the ground and I absolutely respect and even admire their desire to make bow hunting that much more difficult
Me personally the level of difficulty I have taking a mature buck over 3 years old from a stand 20 feet up a tree with a bow is all the difficulty I could ever want to overcome.
I hunt to kill things first and foremost
I absolutely love my time on stand and save for my children nothing else besides hunting gives me more enjoyment
But I'm not there because I love being in the deer woods as I can do that anytime I wish
I'm there to hopefully kill a mature buck because I interpreted the deer sign correctly and set up to allow myself an opportunity to ambush him.
 
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