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<blockquote data-quote="John Murphy" data-source="post: 1619530" data-attributes="member: 109907"><p>It will take time for the laws to all agree on what exactly an ebike is and how to categorize it. for sure technology is moving faster than the laws can change to keep up with it all.</p><p></p><p>I sell a lot of ebikes to CO hunters (Quietkat even relocated there 2 yrs ago to be closer to it's best audience). I always recommend people do their homework before purchasing one because they are expensive items to keep locked up in the shed if you can't use them.</p><p></p><p>I sold one to a CO hunter who also used to be a park ranger. Last year he stopped patrol officers and asked if they had ever ticketed someone for using an ebike on federal land and they said no. And they saw the benefit of them too. That doesn't make it OK to use if the local law forbids it, but does give an insight into how they are perceived.</p><p></p><p>For example, in Michigan, a 1000 watt ebike is considered motorized and not allowed on federal land. But since 2016 the Michigan DNR patrol officers use 1000 watt Quietkat ebikes to patrol the land.</p><p></p><p>The motors are whisper quiet, the only noise you hear are the tires going over the grass. Animals hear differently to us but I hear all the time how riders just whizz past grazing deer and sometimes they look up and sometimes that don't even look up at all. Some older models are not so quiet though. </p><p></p><p>the advantages are plenty and you can use one where you hunt it's a great tool to have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Murphy, post: 1619530, member: 109907"] It will take time for the laws to all agree on what exactly an ebike is and how to categorize it. for sure technology is moving faster than the laws can change to keep up with it all. I sell a lot of ebikes to CO hunters (Quietkat even relocated there 2 yrs ago to be closer to it's best audience). I always recommend people do their homework before purchasing one because they are expensive items to keep locked up in the shed if you can't use them. I sold one to a CO hunter who also used to be a park ranger. Last year he stopped patrol officers and asked if they had ever ticketed someone for using an ebike on federal land and they said no. And they saw the benefit of them too. That doesn't make it OK to use if the local law forbids it, but does give an insight into how they are perceived. For example, in Michigan, a 1000 watt ebike is considered motorized and not allowed on federal land. But since 2016 the Michigan DNR patrol officers use 1000 watt Quietkat ebikes to patrol the land. The motors are whisper quiet, the only noise you hear are the tires going over the grass. Animals hear differently to us but I hear all the time how riders just whizz past grazing deer and sometimes they look up and sometimes that don't even look up at all. Some older models are not so quiet though. the advantages are plenty and you can use one where you hunt it's a great tool to have. [/QUOTE]
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