Originally Posted by
kswild
Hey they are an early warning system ... another set of eyes and ears.. let you know somethings there. Try that with a 4 wheeler. Most mules know the smells around where they live. With them it is more the Sight of a wolf or bear than the smell. Especially if your trying to get it to walk up on a dead one.
Well this one is taking some interesting turns... I guess at this time I'd like to make a couple of things clear from my point of view.
KSWild, Flags, and Rock... I honestly respect your ability's to be able to use, and hunt with horses, and mules. To be honest again, I'm envious of that. For me it's not exactly the "Twilight Zone", but it is certainly not an experience I was brought up with, or have ever been exposed too. IMHO it would be great to at least experience something like that at least once in my lifetime.
Now to the GPS... I can't remember the exact year I bought mine, but am thinking that it was in this century. I managed to get by with just my compass since the late 60's, but also feel that the GPS is one of the greatest inventions since the compass... I doubt I'll be following my GPS off of a cliff anytime soon.
As to being lost and having to camp out in the woods... Hell I've purposely camped out in the woods so I'd be lost to everyone else... No big thing there... Try it at zero degrees under a self made lean-two... It's amazing how quickly one learns under those conditions.
Now back to the gist of this thread... Welcome to 2014... Baring anything drastic, wheelers are here to stay in many if not most regions/areas in this nation. Those with any sense seek out the machines that best serve their purpose in the areas they live. I'll admit that I'm out of line trying to tell RR or anyone else what the best machine is for them in their regions/areas. Likewise, anyone else is equally out of line telling me how well a certain machine will work in my area/region unless they can prove they've actually dealt with the conditions that I deal with.
Flags, I'm not sure about the reason for your animosity, but as Rock pointed out, it may very well be the operator, not the wheeler that you should be directing that animosity towards. I can only speak for myself, but can say that I always do my best to make sure that when I'm running my wheelers, or snowmobile that I'm not doing something that is interfering or disrupting someone Else's hunting.