Due to a bad heart, I almost gave up hunting two years ago because I can't climb the hills anymore. I got talked into buying an ATV and it changed everything for me. I bought a Grizzly 600 and now I can get to where I want to put my stand, erect the stand (with some help) and get to and from it each morning and night. That's all I use it for. To get to and from my stand and to carry deer out (by the way, no more dirt in the carcass from dragging). I hate it too that some people joyu ride and ruin it for others including myself but you can't do anything about it and that makes me mad too.
One more thing as a plus to owning an ATV. That machine saved my life this past season as I was shot in the back with a 12 guage slug, when I got down from my tree stand to look for a deer. If it wasn't for that machine and someone getting to me fast and using the machine to go get help, I'd have never made it off that mountain.
Sorry for the long post.