Hunting w/out a quad

heres a pro for the discussion. You can cover more ground quicker, find more sign on the trails quicker.

not saying that you have to stay on it the whole time, but it can help out. There are negatives too.

kinda loud, but they have designed a stealth exhaust system which quiets it down a fair amount.

Its hard to beat hauling in your camp, and hauling the moose, deer,bear, elk out.

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eltorro said:
I wish they established some areas where the 4x4 cannot be used.
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ElTorro, there are indeed places where quads and 4x4's are not allowed for hunting, check your regs, there may be some spots near you. As for if they are good or bad for hunting ... come on, same old argument, different topic .... it's not the object ... quad/gun/vehicle/baseball bat etc. that is the problem, it's the individual operating it. Unethical people are just that, they are not going to be any more or less unethical on a quad or in a truck.
 
BC moose season's are way shorter than they were not so very long ago in accessible area's. There is just as many moose as there was then and hunter numbers are declining. Could a higher success rate due to increased accessibility and the mobility of ATV's have anything to do with it?
 
All I have to say is thank god I own a quad. I hauled out 2 Muleys and a 220lbs+ hunting partner out of the bush just yesterday. We were already SUPER tired after hiking coulees all day and it would have pretty much killed us if we had to drag everything back up to the truck. Just hiking back to the truck to get it damn near did me in.

I won't hunt with it, but I'd probably still be out there if I didn't have it.
 
TPK said:
ElTorro, there are indeed places where quads and 4x4's are not allowed for hunting, check your regs, there may be some spots near you. As for if they are good or bad for hunting ... come on, same old argument, different topic .... it's not the object ... quad/gun/vehicle/baseball bat etc. that is the problem, it's the individual operating it. Unethical people are just that, they are not going to be any more or less unethical on a quad or in a truck.
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I am ignorantly unaware of such areas, but some of the guys ruin it for the rest of us.

I understand te frenzy in the frist week or two of the season, but an ATV rider that comes 4 times a day thru the place you silently hunt can ruin it. I lied to myself saying that they cick the game out for the rest of us to catch, but the truth is I've never seen that, but I know of many of them that cleared mani acres of wood of anything that doesn't fly or crawl .

It would certainly mak eth eday of any CO to check those guys for loaded firearms that sit across their chests.... bandoleer missing.
 
eltorro. BC is full of areas with vehicle restrictions and many are no ATV areas. You seem to be implying that I am an unethical hunter since I use a quad, but since you have not checked my rifle for ammo, I quess you're just shooting off your mouth.
 
I hate a quad coming through where I am hunting as much as the next guy. but they are pretty handy for retrieving game, and they allow older gents or disabled people to continue hunting , and seeing that I hope to continue to hunt till they put me into the ground, I can't say much. I do not have a quad but I use an On/Off motorcycle to retrieve game , but it stays in the truck until something is down. It saved me about 3 km of hand dragging a deer today so I am glad to have it.
For those of you scratching your head trying to figure out how to haul a deer or a moose quarter with a motorcycle , picture a travois off the back. works better than most people think.
 
I only use a quad to retrieve moose,never to hunt them.Even then,they often aren't necessary.I never used a quad at all on my last two moose hunts.
 
MHUNT said:
eltorro. BC is full of areas with vehicle restrictions and many are no ATV areas. You seem to be implying that I am an unethical hunter since I use a quad, but since you have not checked my rifle for ammo, I quess you're just shooting off your mouth.
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Naaah, not quite buddy !
I don't live in BC. Take a look at the location. I am implying that anyone that uses a quad ostentively in the area another hunter is located is lacking in ethics.
I have rarely seen any without a full mag in the rifle, even though some have the decency to leave the chamber empty. In this regard, I do not question ethics but safety. And I really don't care about their own safety, but when they pull over and ask if I've seen anything and the BAR slung across the chest has the mag in, one must asume they are locked and loaded, no?

If they go thru where I hunt , it;s ok, I'd do that too, but if I am there and wait over the swamp I saw tracks in, and the guy comes blazing at dawn,,,,, goes back for lunch and makes another 2-3 trips smiling at me, I do get frustrated. I would say so would you, but you chose instead to say I shoot off my mouth. The guy with a quad knows I'm there because of the orange thinghy (here you go, another proof about my location if you missed that geography class). I've met many guys using quads that were considerate regarding the hunters that didn't use one, but I am not talking about them now..... and the perspective of you being one of them is really dim.
 
I have a quad, but I don't use it to hunt. I have on occasion used it to retrieve game. Just like I'd rather use my knife to skin my deer rather than a golf ball and a quad. Being more of a traditionalist you might say, I prefer using my horses to hunt. I can totally sympathize with any one who's hiked out to a good hunting spot to meet up with a quad. Just like anything else, there are those who are responsible and respectful quad owners, then there are those who just ruin it for everyone else. I ride fences (horeseback) and check cattle on a large grazing lease. People are given permission to hunt providing that they ask and register. At one time, it was OK to use your quad to retrieve your downed quarry. Just how long do you think this lasted before one ####### saw someone riding in to get their game and decided that it should be OK for him to ride in and hunt. That put an end to the quads.
 
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I have owned a quad for 5 years. I have yet to use it for hunting. I have a moose draw this year and from experience, if I spot a moose, I will check to see how accessible it would be if it dropped within 100yds. A 1/4 of a moose is a much tougher drag than a deer. Unless of course it's a 60"er.
 
eltoro, you caught me in a cranky moment. Sorry 'bout the snyde comment. What got me cranked is your description of quad hunters sounded a lot like an antihunter talking about hunters as if we drive around in our pickups drinking beer with one hand and shooting does and fawns with the other.
I have no idea where you do your hunting or where "southermost" is. In BC there are getting to be more and more areas where ATVs are not allowed and there is no shortage of COs to check our rifles for ammo. Again sorry if I took offence when it was not intended.
 
Huge +1 That is how I do it. It also helps to pack it in the truck if you quarter or debone the moose.

Spitzer said:
Sometimes a good winch on your truck, a couple pulleys, and lots of line, can be just as good as an atv. A chainsaw winch would come in handy too.
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El Torro, Find a map of your hunting area. Circle all the lakes or slews, slow creeks ect. Hunt on foot those that are 2-3kms off the nearest road and show them boogers how to really hunt a moose. You shant have any trouble finding a moose.
The quad jokeys that I see better resemble a military operation than the sublime canadiana hunting tradition of moose hunting. ETHO. Andy
 
No harm done Mhunt. Where I hunt an ATV is very often a necessity, but come people confuse the means with the end of a hunting experience.

Andy, I tried that... drove to the last of the roads and got in deep. I had no luck that time - too hot, but I persist....
 
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