I have to strongly disagree on a truck/suv going where my 4-wheeler goes. I bought a Honda Recon TRX250 for the simple reason it is smaller than most ATV's. I would dare to say as far as terrain, I can go where a lot of the larger 4-wheelers can not go, (much less a truck or SUV)or would have to go around a different way. It will fit between trees and tight places that a 400 or 500cc bike will not fit. I love it. I have hauled out several deer and it does that job well also.

LT

I didn't want camo, but it was the only Can AM 500 XT they had in stock, they wanted $300 more for camo, and since the salesman informedme that they had a yellow and red one in stock I got it for the solid color price. I will say one thing about these Can Ams, they ride like a Caddilac and I can keep up if not beat all other ATVs I've run against up to 700CCs.

If I want a heated cab to retrieve downed game in tough to get to areas, I hop in this:

Jeff... I don't think your ATV could make it through a SE VA cutover. My truck can't either.... its bad enough with just me, a machete and apair of briar britches. Almost everything else is fields (lots of good edge cover leading to the fields.

We have the following types of terrain around here: fields, swampy bottoms, cutovers, roads, sparse big woods.

Obviously we can't drive through the fields... but we can walk through them if we're careful and mindful. Swampy bottoms... foot traffic only. Cutovers.... rabbits only.... or deer on the trails. Roads.... well thats for everything. The little bit of big woods we have... still a lot of undergrowth, and if there is no undergrowth on the forrest floor then by and large you won't have many deer.... not with all the fields and cutovers so full of food and thick cover.

My point with that statement is that there isn't anyplace that I hunt, or have ever hunted really, that I could go on a 4 wheeler that I cannot go by foot or simply in my Blazer. Its just a small thing.... little more than a 2-door glorified 4x4 station wagon.

Now I could cut quad trails across the property.... but I think simply walking in is a lot less work.

Hell who knows... maybe that why I'm not killing more deer.... maybe I need to come strokin' in ona quad???

Swamp collie,
I used to hate quads. Then I realized that it was the people who abused them that I didn't like. Peolpe cutting up the roads, making trails in offlimits areas, going around gates on foot traffic only trails. I could go on. I don't have a problem with proper use.

Where I hunt quad trails are off limits to trucks. Though that is being abused as well.
The National Forest Service is making some good changes. They are CLEARLY marking EVERY trail. They have a detailed map of every trail. They are also going to close down more roads to truck use. When all the ground work is done they claim they will inforce these laws. I am all for this. I believe it will improve the trophy hunting. I hope they have the manpower to inforce this!

Here is my polaris 6 whlr as I'm heading up to my camp for a moose/caribou hunt. Hope the picture works!



Edit: There ya go John, copy the Direct Link, click the , paste the Direct Link URL back to the window that opens.

If getting to my hunting spot was the sole purpose I wouldn't have a UTV.

I use mine for getting Deer out, setting/pulling stands, and sometimes checking trail cams.

Are they an advantage? Sometimes yes, but far from necessary where I Hunt.

Dan

I agree Dan. I've never used my ATV to get to where I want to hunt. If fact, I've never used it to pull a deer out as I've always been able to get my truck close..lol

I use it for discing food plots and plowing snow so far and that's about it. I did however ride my mountain bike to my treestand when my leg was in it's cast...LOL

Thanx Rob!! I'll remmeber to do the direct link thingy next time

ATV or snogosare pretty much a necessity here unless you have a boat or a plane. Yes you can hoof it and get way back in. For sheep & caribou no biggie because for sheep you are on foot anyway (those are sheep hills by the way in the background) and a caribou isn't much bigger then a deer but toss a moose in to the hunt and its another story. If you are in very far your gonna need lots of help either mechanically or have a bunch offriends. that are willing to pack back in just to haul meat out.I use either my 4 or 6 to get back in but hunt on foot once I'm there. There really aren't many trails around so folage & terrain dictate use most times and most times you have to park it and go from there. In the picture above I can barely get to my cabin as it is with an atv and only after I built a trail in after I leave the creek bed. Many times it has to be a hike in if weather, water or snow show up. Of course thats how & why I chose the spot to build to begin with. I don't get any company there except sheep hunters packing themselves in to those mountains of the Alaska Range. It was fun hauling all cabin materials in using my 4 & 6 and I would not have my cabin without them.

Oh my long bow is strapped to the ladder. The gun boot holds my sg. Lots of nasties around in the form of grizz.

The farm owner doesn't allow trucks on his farm during hunting season,he doesn't want his road torn up by them.4 wheelers tread lighter when the operator uses good sense,considering it is his property,we use good sense.


I am not a fan of riding them to your spot but I will get back on the farm,700 acre and then walk where I need to go.


And no way in hell are you taking your truck where my 4 wheeler can't go,unless you are talking a deep mud hole and even then,it can hold it's own and we aren't talking hunting then.


If mine makes it to my tree,it is for retrieval.

The Exact reason I use my ATV/UTV to get my Deer out. Most of the time I could drive to it with my Truck, but itwould be Bad for landowner relations

Dan