Hunting with a bicycle

[Hainer]

First thing- is it legal?
Has anyone tried it? I was thinking of taking my bike moose/ grouse hunting this year.
I like the idea of covering ground with no noise.

[Neto]

Perfectly legal. It's a mode of transportation. I know of two people that use them. One during archery moose to travel to his hunting location on the trails and the other during deer season on public properties to get back to his stands that are tucked way back on the trail. Both these individuals get off their bikes 2-300 yards from their hunting areas and walk the rest of the way.

Hope it helps
Neto

[sharps4570]

First thing- is it legal?
Has anyone tried it? I was thinking of taking my bike moose/ grouse hunting this year.
I like the idea of covering ground with no noise.

I don't see that as any different than folks driving on logging trails looking for game. The physical exertion that may be involved is a another matter unless one is quite used to biking in such terrain.....since the trails are not all flat or easy going. So long you aren't pondering on packing Moose on a bike!

I've come across a First Nations individual hunting birds on a bicycle with a Baikal single shot slung on a shoulder. One time, we stopped him deep inside a rough trail to enquire about directions. At that point he was getting off his bike as he had apparently spotted something in the bush. Nevertheless, he patiently walked over to the truck, provided us the info, then went back and entered the thick bush about 50 yards inside, then bang!

[rossh]

Also seeing its pedal not motor power u can even shoot sitting on it & keep your gun/ rifle loaded while pedaling .

[Snowwalker]

Also seeing its pedal not motor power u can even shoot sitting on it & keep your gun/ rifle loaded while pedaling .

Well it is NOT motorized it is STILL legally a vehicle. The law says you can not discharge from a vehicle...Better to "step away", and not carry a loaded firearm, and also for safety reasons. You can't use your quad or truck as a bench rest for this reason.

[impact]

Excellent method! A couple of loggers I met would head out in the middle of the night on bicycles with guns encased travelling the trails and listening for the quite vocal moose I'm told. They would silently approach and set up for legal shooting. They were quite successful every year with this scouting technique.

[rossh]

I stand corrected , thought it was only motorized not human peddle power .

[Hainer]

Thats exactly what I was thinking.
all you hear every morning 1/2 hr before legal shoot I quads.
I am going to give it a shot.
thanks for the feed back.
cheers
Hainer

[smallgamer]

Well it is NOT motorized it is STILL legally a vehicle. The law says you can not discharge from a vehicle...Better to "step away", and not carry a loaded firearm, and also for safety reasons. You can't use your quad or truck as a bench rest for this reason.

I believe you are correct. James Smedley wrote an article about hunting with the aid of a bicycle in OOD a few years ago, and he covered this. It makes one wonder though, why is hunting from a canoe legal yet hunting from a bicycle is not?

[Snowwalker]

I stand corrected , thought it was only motorized not human peddle power .

Most people do not know that a peddle bike is in fact a Vehicle under the highway traffic act. At one time you had to have a License plate for your bike just like you do now for your car.

It's little things like that that can cost you. Should I call you mean names now?