I tried this for the first time last year. I didn't really have a long walk to my stand - maybe the length of 60 acres... but I had found that I was having to walk SOOO slow to try to not spook deer that it was taking me forever. I don't have the patience for that so I decided to try the bike. I had also heard that it's possible that if a deer would see or hear you going by on a bike they might be less suspicous (not sure if that's true) and hopefully less scent left as you're not in contact with the ground. We cleared some new paths last year and I bought the gunholders you put on an ATV and mounted them to my handlebars. The bow sat nicely in that and I didn't have to carry a stand so I thought it would be fine. However, the hard part was simply riding - I've never done any mountain biking before so it was an adventure as our trails aren't too flat. I ended up on my butt two times during the ride.. it was like I never rode a bike before!!! I would say if you have some fairly flat going you would be fine - just get one of those flashlights that go on your head. If you have to carry a lot of stuff outside of your bow I found that the balancing on the bike became an issue. The other alternative is pulling a small wagon or cart of some sort behind you.