dfanonymous
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I have no problems with Ebikes... Those folks don't like anything that make hunting easier or more fun.
An E-bike or UTV is a mode of transportation just like a horse. It Why should only horse people be able to easily transport themselves and gear into the back country and not have to carry everything on their back?
Well, being older now and having more difficulty with my lungs now especially at altitude, an e-bike is an option if allowed I would consider. I don't own horses and my ability to bring out a carcass is now more limited. I used to not like Mountain bikes back in hunting areas but have adapted. But to stay in the game looking at all options. Even have started looking at using drones if allowed to locate game
My point…you give an inch, they want to take a mile. Yet no one was willing to throw out the rule book 30 years ago.
Wilderness management areas allow bikes and horses. Usually. I'm not sure of ALL of them, in every state, but they will have signs that state use. Generally, motorized traffic is limited to trail use only, and improved roads.Does that include Wilderness Management Areas?
Maybe not 700 exactly, but I'd like to see your magic fortune ball. I'm not worried about people driving to my area. I hunt where the animals are, and where people aren't.You're probably right on that unfortunately.
I'm a believer in Science and proof, and no one has ever presented an argument that Horses are kinder than a bicycle on the land. There will never be 700 e-bikes at a staging area heading into a guys hunt area, they are expensive, don't last that long without a charge, and mine at 85 lbs empty is a brute to pedal when the battery is depleted. We should encourage land use, just not in my Sweet Spot!
As a hunter, I dealing with hunter pressure, and the usual water feed and cover for game. By accomplishing all this, but especially in dealing with hunting pressure on public lands, I tend to go further than the average man, in terrain that a lot aren't willing to go. Edit: on foot
Still, I've seen a lot, maybe not 700, but a lot of dudes usually 60+ in age, patrolling the fire roads. It would no doubt happen in wilderness lands as well.