E-bike

[ddturkeyhunter1]

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[ddturkeyhunter1]

Joey46 I agree with you a lot of it dose come down to Laziness. I would have just quoted your message but when I quoted a message I get a big mess of number. 
We feel it's laziness, but others look at it as just being more efficient and a big time saver. But it is also a person wanting to spend there money on different toys then others. If you would have own a Ebike for something else in your life, you also maybe would use it once in a while for hunting. You are the lucky one to be able to do all the walking you do and still doing it at 78. There are a lot of healthy people using E-bikes, but there maybe is a lot of them that have some kind of health issues. You don't know, so a person has to be careful with passing judgement on all ebikers. Because another word that could come up is jealousy.


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[CALLM2U]

Lazy bums.  Same as the golf cart to established blinds next to feeders.  Quite the hunting experience.
BTW - I'm 78.  I walk in .

With all due respect, it's not a great idea to paint with a broad brush. 

I don't think many would consider someone who lost a limb defending this country or someone with genetic traits that leave them physically disadvantaged, "lazy". 

[Jbird22]

Lazy bums.  Same as the golf cart to established blinds next to feeders.  Quite the hunting experience.
BTW - I'm 78.  I walk in .

So you'd walk in from the gate on a 2000 acre piece of property? Glad God gave me a little more sense than that.

[joey46]

Myself and current hunting companions e bike and walk in absolutes for public land.

We start early.  If encountering others we don't pass them.  If passed by an e bike, regular bike or speed walker we ignore them.  If cut off from a pre-scouted spot we squeeze right in as though they were never there.  We hope they are excellent callers.  We NEVER reward obnoxious, it's all about me, behavior.

[Marc]

Glad to see this thread.

I think Ebikes could be a great way to extend some hunting opportunities...  I know of one area in particular that would be a 5-10 mile walk-in (one-way), and I am just not up for that.

Where it is legal, a great way to cover a lot more ground.

I would be very interested to know how well the E-bikes being recommended work in hilly or steep terrain?  A couple areas I take my quad into, and I would much prefer a more quiet E-bike, but I have no idea how it would handle going up a steep incline?

[ddturkeyhunter1]

Glad to see this thread.

I think Ebikes could be a great way to extend some hunting opportunities...  I know of one area in particular that would be a 5-10 mile walk-in (one-way), and I am just not up for that.

Where it is legal, a great way to cover a lot more ground.

I would be very interested to know how well the E-bikes being recommended work in hilly or steep terrain?  A couple areas I take my quad into, and I would much prefer a more quiet E-bike, but I have no idea how it would handle going up a steep incline?

A lot of variable in your question, how well they work on steep terrain. From my experience quite well, but that is me. I consider myself have fairly good balance and you need it if your going up hill in the trees in tight places. I had two ebikes in my life so far so I will explain what I have learned about them so far. My first bike was a M2S a very good bike but a good price tag. It was a thousand watt bike so had a big strong motor and battery, and impossible to hold it back. It was also a center hub drive, that's where the gear motor is in the center where your paddles are. Center hub drives are supposed to be superior and better than a real hub drive like I currently have. My current ebike is also only a 750 watt bike. One thing to remember some states I believe don't want anything above 750 watt on some public land. They start to fall into another class like a motor cycle. The current bike I have the 750 watt motor will carrie me up any hill I want to try climbing if I can hang onto. But I am also paddling all the time also not running it like a scooter. By paddling all the time saves on the battery life and no need to charge daily then. The main reason I sold my first bike was for one reason only and a very important one. My first bike is what I would have called a boys bike because it had the extra bar across up by the seat. As years past I was having a harder time getting onto the bike and throwing my leg over the seat to get onto it. And going up hill if you lost your balance was much harder to get off the bike with out tipping over, not good with a gun. I sold that bike and got a girls bike that they now call a step through. It make getting on and off, so much easer with a step through. So if you plan on keeping you bike a while I advise you to get a step through. No matter what size bike you buy, some day you will get old also, or get a bad leg and then you will wish you had a step through. And I use mine on and off all year long and not just for hunting.

[Tail Feathers]

Joey46 I agree with you a lot of it dose come down to Laziness. I would have just quoted your message but when I quoted a message I get a big mess of number. 
We feel it's laziness, but others look at it as just being more efficient and a big time saver. But it is also a person wanting to spend there money on different toys then others. If you would have own a Ebike for something else in your life, you also maybe would use it once in a while for hunting. You are the lucky one to be able to do all the walking you do and still doing it at 78. There are a lot of healthy people using E-bikes, but there maybe is a lot of them that have some kind of health issues. You don't know, so a person has to be careful with passing judgement on all ebikers. Because another word that could come up is jealousy.


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Too often, the time saved is at the expense of the hunter who got there first and was passed on the trail in by the guy on an ebike.  They seem to exacerbate the effect of slob hunters who don't respect who got there first.  At least in my limited experience on FL public land.

[ditchdigger]

The first one I ever saw, the Rambo, I think, I thought, how cool. Then I saw the price tag of $5K and thought, ain't no way. Now, seeing them south of $3k regularly, I can't believe that I am actually considering one. How times change.