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E-BIKES - the way to hunt in the west
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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 2613448" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>After an unsuccessful Nevada antelope hunt on foot I'm convinced that to properly cover the big distances here in the west a hunter needs to be "motorized". I saw ALL other hunters on ATVs, (many of them physically unfit to hunt on foot). </p><p></p><p>I now feel the answer, for me at last, is an electric mountain bike, specifically a 2-wheel drive E-Cell Super Monarch Crown bike. I will probably buy the camo version but it also comes in bright orange. You also may want to look at the 3-wheel, rear wheel drive RUNGU. It is a strange looking bike, having <em>two</em> front wheels, but very capable.</p><p></p><p>The E-Cell bike has two batteries, one for each motor. It is amazingly good at climbing steep hills. So yeah, re-charging these two batteries could pose a problem. My solution will be Honda's smallest gas generator that can easily handle that task with a full tank of gas and another 2 1/2 gallon can, depending on the duration of the hunt. In mountains I expect it to have a minimum range of 20 miles, plenty for two days of hunting before re-charging.</p><p></p><p>A fat-tired mountain e-bike is easy to carry on a trailer hitch rack like the excellent One-Up. No pickup bed or trailer needed so my compact SUV, a MAZDA CX-5, can easily handle it. </p><p></p><p>With an e-mountain bike you can get quietly closer to the game and won't scare it away for other hunters. It os less expensive than an ATV and can haul a bone-out elk and you and your gear back to camp. Plus it pollutes far less than an ATV and is kinder to the land - and your wallet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 2613448, member: 54178"] After an unsuccessful Nevada antelope hunt on foot I'm convinced that to properly cover the big distances here in the west a hunter needs to be "motorized". I saw ALL other hunters on ATVs, (many of them physically unfit to hunt on foot). I now feel the answer, for me at last, is an electric mountain bike, specifically a 2-wheel drive E-Cell Super Monarch Crown bike. I will probably buy the camo version but it also comes in bright orange. You also may want to look at the 3-wheel, rear wheel drive RUNGU. It is a strange looking bike, having [I]two[/I] front wheels, but very capable. The E-Cell bike has two batteries, one for each motor. It is amazingly good at climbing steep hills. So yeah, re-charging these two batteries could pose a problem. My solution will be Honda's smallest gas generator that can easily handle that task with a full tank of gas and another 2 1/2 gallon can, depending on the duration of the hunt. In mountains I expect it to have a minimum range of 20 miles, plenty for two days of hunting before re-charging. A fat-tired mountain e-bike is easy to carry on a trailer hitch rack like the excellent One-Up. No pickup bed or trailer needed so my compact SUV, a MAZDA CX-5, can easily handle it. With an e-mountain bike you can get quietly closer to the game and won't scare it away for other hunters. It os less expensive than an ATV and can haul a bone-out elk and you and your gear back to camp. Plus it pollutes far less than an ATV and is kinder to the land - and your wallet. [/QUOTE]
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