My wife and I bought ebikes last summer and love riding them on dirt roads and two tracks. But I was thinking... that might be an effective way to cover ground quietly and find more turkeys.
You are correct and I know people who bike to scout and hunt turkeys. I would check yourr regulations for public land use. Most access roads behind forest gates are marked "no motorized vehicles". I think that an ebike qualifies as motorized and not legal.
Thanks eggshell. I am not planning illegal or disruptive riding. Just back roads and ungated two tracks.
I have used a Rad Rover ebike for 5 years now and it's the best thing since sliced bread!!! I can go anywhere virtually undetected and have ridden right up on turkeys and a pile of deer. My bike can easily go 15-20 miles without having to recharge it. I use pedal assist on mine so it gets a lot longer range. I have toted a pile of turkeys out in the basket of my ebike and will NEVER turkey hunt without one again. I can cover so much ground with it and be listening for gobbles the entire time. Try it and I guarantee you that you won't regret it.
Thanks wareagle. I'd heard about ebikes not bothering deer but had not heard about turkeys. I have found a lot of turkeys after 10:00 by driving my truck around and looking down cross roads and trails but I am sure I am passing birds I don't see or hear. The problem with the truck is that I often need to go a long ways down the road before I can find a place to pull off. Then I backtrack on foot. My bike is easier to pull off and ditch. We'll see how it goes.
Not legal in many public places I hunt, so I have not looked into an E-Bike just yet...
OP, I use mine in hunting. Saves a tremendous amount of time and energy. I'm soon to be 73... believe me, my energy level is much better using the bike verses walking. I have three long ridge roads. I will ride them to a point then walk into a food plot or drop off into a bottom. Another 10 to 15 years will probably be my max on the bikes. Think I will get an electric utv so I can hunt until I am a 100.
Quote from: eggshell on January 25, 2023, 06:38:27 AM
I would check yourr regulations for public land use. Most access roads behind forest gates are marked "no motorized vehicles". I think that an ebike qualifies as motorized and not legal.
Just remove the signs, and you are good to go! ;D
Quote from: Duckdogdad on March 31, 2023, 08:08:34 PM
OP, I use mine in hunting. Saves a tremendous amount of time and energy. I'm soon to be 73... believe me, my energy level is much better using the bike verses walking. I have three long ridge roads. I will ride them to a point then walk into a food plot or drop off into a bottom. Another 10 to 15 years will probably be my max on the bikes. Think I will get an electric utv so I can hunt until I am a 100.
I love your age goal but maybe you could stretch that a bit? :love5: I am just a bit behind you at 68 so I am always thinking of ways to be more efficient. My ebike has been great for that so far. My wife has the RAD and we really like it. I bought a more robust one but think it is overkill for my use.
I think it would cause more issues than it helps if your not physically in need of it.
My style anyway, I hardly ever come out the same way I went in as I make a loop or what not
Therefore I'd have to back track to go get the bike most times
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Quote from: sasquatch1 on April 01, 2023, 06:55:13 AM
I think it would cause more issues than it helps if your not physically in need of it.
My style anyway, I hardly ever come out the same way I went in as I make a loop or what not
Therefore I'd have to back track to go get the bike most times.
It would be a huge benefit to me... Lots of places have one road in with no loop... Be nice to cover ground quietly, as long as the thing can go uphill well.
Other than the legality in some places, are there any negatives with using an e bike in the woods for hunting?
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I keep looking at them but just don't want to buy the wrong one...trying to buy once cry once
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only negatives i see is the weight of the bike loading an unloading, they are not light by any means and the range of the batteries. Hilly terrain will eat battery power faster. From a mountain biker perspective i would say get good suspension. I have ridden my wifes in the woods hunting a few time and it is completely pedal assist and its very nice from getting point A to point B
Anybody have pics of some tricked out hunting e bikes?
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I ordered a Rambo today..Well see
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I have a Rambo and like it. I bought a new suspensions seat for it and will be putting it on this weekend. Season starts here in Mi a week from Saturday. My only concern is the range in steep terrain and getting it recharged. Most of my area is pretty flat with a thirty foot rise being a mountain.
Quote from: Flatsnbay on April 08, 2023, 07:39:30 AM
Other than the legality in some places, are there any negatives with using an e bike in the woods for hunting?
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Sure, all of a sudden spots that take effort to hunt and therefore hold high populations of game start to diminish
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I've really considered it ... my knees hurt every night ....
I really like the idea of an e-bike as I get older (68 now with a mild heart condition). My beef is with the guys who use them in closed areas. Yesterday we parked at a NF gate very early so we could walk the 2 miles before gobble time. A truck pulls in and a guy runs down his window and I ask what he wants and he is very nice and ask if we're going out the ridge or across the road on that ridge. We explain we are going out the road behind the gate 2 miles out. Again he is very considerate and promises that area is ours. He then says he has an e-bike and he would like to just park beside us and ride it up and down the main road to other ridges. I agreed instantly as two trucks are more a deterant than one. In those talks we say we better take off because we have a 45 minute walk and he replies it's only 10 minutes out there on my bike. Now this raod is closd to motorized vehicles, but in the past he has ridden out it and all the other closed roads in the area. I get grumpy when I have walked 2 miles and zoom, someone flies by me on an e-bike. Then I find that e-bike chained to a tree right at my target spot. I would never do it but I heard some have come back to bikes with flat tires before. That is my only negative. I would use one on our family farm not public land.
Quote from: sasquatch1 on April 14, 2023, 12:41:59 PM
Sure, all of a sudden spots that take effort to hunt and therefore hold high populations of game start to diminish
Very true...
With the advent of technology (such as OnX or GAIA), lots of little out of the way and unknown gems are no longer unknown... And if they are even easier to get to, those gems will turn into cheap plastic...
Currently, technology has pretty much ruined several duck hunting spots, and most of my turkey hunting spots.
But, those spots are great if you are young enough and capable to get to them... As we get older, those E-Bikes become A LOT more appealing.
Quote from: Marc on April 19, 2023, 11:23:48 AM
Quote from: sasquatch1 on April 14, 2023, 12:41:59 PM
Sure, all of a sudden spots that take effort to hunt and therefore hold high populations of game start to diminish
Very true...
With the advent of technology (such as OnX or GAIA), lots of little out of the way and unknown gems are no longer unknown... And if they are even easier to get to, those gems will turn into cheap plastic...
Currently, technology has pretty much ruined several duck hunting spots, and most of my turkey hunting spots.
But, those spots are great if you are young enough and capable to get to them... As we get older, those E-Bikes become A LOT more appealing.
I'd be fine with a stipulation for ppl over 60
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Quote from: sasquatch1 on April 19, 2023, 11:28:15 AM
Quote from: Marc on April 19, 2023, 11:23:48 AM
Quote from: sasquatch1 on April 14, 2023, 12:41:59 PM
Sure, all of a sudden spots that take effort to hunt and therefore hold high populations of game start to diminish
Very true...
With the advent of technology (such as OnX or GAIA), lots of little out of the way and unknown gems are no longer unknown... And if they are even easier to get to, those gems will turn into cheap plastic...
Currently, technology has pretty much ruined several duck hunting spots, and most of my turkey hunting spots.
But, those spots are great if you are young enough and capable to get to them... As we get older, those E-Bikes become A LOT more appealing.
I'd be fine with a stipulation for ppl over 60
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Disability should be another consideration. It should be specified to be a physical disability and not a mental one like ADD/ADHD or something like that. I am so messed up I could not even ride one.
Check your regs ..... here in Illinois its considered a motorized vehicle ....
Adsolutely!
Quote from: Sir-diealot on April 21, 2023, 01:08:07 PM
Quote from: sasquatch1 on April 19, 2023, 11:28:15 AM
Quote from: Marc on April 19, 2023, 11:23:48 AM
Quote from: sasquatch1 on April 14, 2023, 12:41:59 PM
Sure, all of a sudden spots that take effort to hunt and therefore hold high populations of game start to diminish
Very true...
With the advent of technology (such as OnX or GAIA), lots of little out of the way and unknown gems are no longer unknown... And if they are even easier to get to, those gems will turn into cheap plastic...
Currently, technology has pretty much ruined several duck hunting spots, and most of my turkey hunting spots.
But, those spots are great if you are young enough and capable to get to them... As we get older, those E-Bikes become A LOT more appealing.
I'd be fine with a stipulation for ppl over 60
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Disability should be another consideration. It should be specified to be a physical disability and not a mental one like ADD/ADHD or something like that. I am so messed up I could not even ride one.
I like that. Especially if specified, as I know a lot of people that milk the disability system and abuse it.
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