Utility Cycling - hunting

Anybody hunt on bikes? I was talking to a guy who will go with a friend 30-50 miles into the woods on bikes to hunt *elk*, that's like 500# to tote back out. Two bikes and one trailer!

This is an interesting thought. Around here they close at least one of the major mtn biking parks a few weekends a year to allow hunting. I can not verify that anyone uses a bike to hunt (it may not even be allowed?) but they do hunt deer and i believe turkey at the mtb park.

- used to ride my 10spd out of Happy Valley w/my squirrel piece during the mid-70s... i was on food stamps at the time, and some nice pot pies were the result of such outings...

(it was sweet revenge, as i lived in a one-room sitter w/no fridge, and the rodents used to steal my food i kept outside the window during the winter)

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Anybody hunt on bikes? I was talking to a guy who will go with a friend 30-50 miles into the woods on bikes to hunt *elk*, that's like 500# to tote back out. Two bikes and one trailer!


We don't go that far, and it's for deer. But the answer is, yes.

East Hill

I bowhunt on a bike.

I haul my deer, deer stand, and bow on a model 96 bikesatwork trailer.

Bikes have serious advantages over ATV's. They can get through hard scrabble and underbrush that would stop anything this side of a bulldozer. You can always dismount and walk, Vietcong style. And most of all they're a LOT quieter and don't scare off all the game in a ten mile radius. A surprising number of hunters use them.

For hauling, even 400 or 500 lbs is far from impossible. It mostly depends on how rough the terrain is.

you guys rule. i wish i knew some pedal powered hunters around here because I would love to learn to hunt from an experienced hunter.

Never bikehunted. Bike I often fishnbike. I use my panniers to hold tackle and snacks. I'll stuff a rod down the side of a bag and cycle all around a big lake or up and down the river. It's a great way to cover lots of ground/water.

Something that was pointed out to me by the local Fish and Game wardens (no, I was not in trouble) is that you do have to dismount before shooting. It is considered a vehicle.

I don't hunt but while riding off road I have come in close proximity with deer, elk, moose, bear, turkeys and pheasant. So if I was to start hunting the MB would be my vehicle of choice.

you guys rule. i wish i knew some pedal powered hunters around here because I would love to learn to hunt from an experienced hunter.
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