Hunting without ATV

Perhaps it's the stupid deer that don't shy away from the sounds of machinery and that is natural selection at it's best. Clean up the gene pool. I always hunt to second week of gun season as well after the stupid deer have been shot. Although I'll bet they all taste the same.

Above typed with tongue in cheek......

I like hearing quads when I'm deer hunting. Gets them on the move if it's quiet.

I think a lot has to do with location. Deer that live around farming areas are probably much more use to machinery like tractors, wheelers etc. Same thing in areas being logged the sound of a chainsaw means dinner to a deer. But go deep in the woods the deer are probably more sensitive to noise.

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Originally Posted by redd foxx

Perhaps it's the stupid deer that don't shy away from the sounds of machinery and that is natural selection at it's best. Clean up the gene pool. I always hunt to second week of gun season as well after the stupid deer have been shot. Although I'll bet they all taste the same.

Above typed with tongue in cheek......

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Originally Posted by spot light

I agree that this is the case, there is no doubt that machinery and vehicle noise spook game. Always there are stories of people smoking and shooting game, driving up on deer in the field, the unknown, the amount of game that will never bee seen as it was spooked prior to the arrival of the person and machine is the proof. On a trip to Alberta I was fortunate to be watching a hillside which held 3 moose, a half dozen elk, a few mules and a handful of scattered white tails, a group of oil workers on atv,s were about a km away(seen from my vantage point) and all the game fled minutes prior to them entering the area where the game were. The mules held, as they will typically do, and I wondered if the guys on the four wheelers thought of how sneaky they were to be able to approach the game..... Having said that I have nothing against atv, however there is no doubt in my mind that they are responsible for decreasing success in hunting, at least on arrival and departure. I am aware, as many of us are, that they are also responsible for in advertantly spooking game for other hunters, often at no fault of the operator. This is true in a half dozen big game hunts I have been involved in where animals were making their way to me or my friends and were spooked by a boat, atv or vehicle.

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Very vell said . Thank you

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Originally Posted by gbk

As far I can see the OP likely meant no harm in his way of asking a question by "making a statement"
Lets say he asks like:
-What everyone thinks ,hunting without an ATV can make a hunter more successful?
Or
-What you guys think, hunting with ATV can be detrimental to your hunting success, hunting experience or does it makes a difference hunting with an ATV.
He would likely get a tons of feedback, pros and cons ,experiences and lots of friendly advices too........
There is no real need to beat him up-at least as far I can see.

No offence to anyone.

As far I am concerned-I have no ATV, yet sometimes(after a successful hunt in the "waaay back")I wish I have one. Otherwise I am perfectly fine to walk miles and miles, walk in 1-2 km (if need be)or drag that deer out with a simple deer cart. It is sometimes hard work with of sweat , but that is just my way.
Yet
To everyone its own.

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Thank you GBK

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Originally Posted by redd foxx

Perhaps it's the stupid deer that don't shy away from the sounds of machinery and that is natural selection at it's best. Clean up the gene pool. I always hunt to second week of gun season as well after the stupid deer have been shot. Although I'll bet they all taste the same.

Above typed with tongue in cheek......

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I agree with this in general I don't think the noise makes a big difference but if you are hunting only mature bucks as I do most times unless season is almost over and I need freezer filler. I think then hunting smarter deer maybe it decreases chances of success

One thing that is undeniable is that quads have gotten older folks and those with mobility disabilities back out and into the field where they want to be.
I sure see nothing wrong with that.

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Originally Posted by sawbill

After baiting for years I soon learned that the bears were just waiting for me to come blasting in with the quad to re-bait a site. They hit it the minute after I left.

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yup all animals get used to the sounds, same thing with me, watching the trail camera, the bears always came in right after i left, so when i go to my stand to hunt i just do the same routine, drive my bike up, insert bait, rattle the barrel and chain around, go park bike 100 yds away, go sit in stand... havent hunted past opening day in 2 years lol

even running the chainsaw, the deer get so used to you, sometimes they will come and eat the tree tops, as you are cutting at the other end of the tree...

i think bikes help in the way of they get alot of people into areas that wouldnt be hunted otherwise, as well as helping our aging population get into the bush... my 75 year old neighbour couldnt hunt without being able to use his bike to get to a stand...

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Originally Posted by SongDog

I dont hunt from an ATV, I just use it after I shoot something, I would say that makes me more successful than the guy that is dragging his back to camp :D

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It just means you get back to the camp first and drink all the booze before buddy gets back.

Well Dam it I'm definitely getting one now. ;)

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

It just means you get back to the camp first and drink all the booze before buddy gets back.

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