E bike hunting
Anyone been doing any Ebike hunting. I’m looking for a bike and was seeing that hunting specific bikes are now available, guys are hauling out entire elk in one go on them in a trailer pretty crazy.
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Looked at some the other day
$7k ish for the good ones, ouch |
Waiting for my Quietkat WARRIOR 1000 now, ordered it a month ago should be here anytime also got the 2 wheeled game trailer to pull behind it.With a few options added in cost me about $6000. This will save a lot of work getting game out for sure not to mention getting back farther much easier and faster. Where i hunt we cannot use quads to retrieve anymore and seems like all the elk are always a couple miles or more in.
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The price tags on these are crazy. But I can seen how they would be quite useful and quite controversial with the horse guys.
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Edmonton mayor cannot even find money$$ to cut cities grass but found $700 to help people buy green bike. It will be a bigger job hauling that Toy out of the muskeg than the elk.
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I’ve hummed & hawed a couple times regarding buying one and just can not justify spending that kind of money. I would realistically use it < 5 times per year, which is $1000 per day.
I can rent on for $50 per day in Calgary and just be done with it once I’ve used it. |
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Dont get me wrong, I think they are awesome!
But the laws that the ndp put in regarding ebikes is stupid |
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I did a lot of research when I bought my current ebike. ended up buying just a City bike 500W because of all the controls using them for hunting. |
If your on private land you can have any size you want.
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Read my post again and you will get the answer
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I read quite well and I saw the part about where you hunt no longer being able to use Quads. However, your other post didn't say you were on private land. There are lots of places where we used to be able to use quads for recovery, that we no longer can and are not on private land. I really don't understand a land owner that would not allow quads for recovery but is fine with a bike; but if that is the situation you are dealing with then a guy has to do what a guy has to do. Like I said however, just be damn careful off the private land, the rules are really quite complicated and in general anything over 500W is not usable.
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They can’t be used in provincial parks and a lot of grazing leases aren’t allowing the use of ebikes as well!
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So many nay sayers. Has anyone who has actually used one have any thoughts to share. I was in fish creek provincial park today and about 1/3 the bikes on the trails are e bikes was in brag creek 3 weeks ago same story. People are just using them everywhere And don’t care.
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for some of the guys that are interested there are these gems of laws to look at Definition according to: USE OF HIGHWAY AND RULES OF THE ROAD REGULATION 1(1)(o) “power bicycle” means a vehicle that is a power-assisted bicycle under the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Canada) (C.R.C., c. 1038); Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Canada) (C.R.C., c. 1038): Interpretation 2.(1) "power-assisted bicycle" means a vehicle that: (a) has steering handlebars and is equipped with pedals, (b) is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, (c) is capable of being propelled by muscular power, (d) has one or more electric motors that have, singly or in combination, the following characteristics: (i) it has a total continuous power output rating, measured at the shaft of each motor, of 500 W or less, (ii) if it is engaged by the use of muscular power, power assistance immediately ceases when the muscular power ceases, (iii) if it is engaged by the use of an accelerator controller, power assistance immediately ceases when the brakes are applied, and (iv) it is incapable of providing further assistance when the bicycle attains a speed of 32 km/h on level ground, (e) bears a label that is permanently affixed by the manufacturer and appears in a conspicuous location stating, in both official languages, that the vehicle is a power- assisted bicycle as defined in this subsection, and (f) has one of the following safety features, (i) an enabling mechanism to turn the electric motor on and off that is separate from the accelerator controller and fitted in such a manner that it is operable by the driver, or (ii) a mechanism that prevents the motor from being engaged before the bicycle attains a speed of 3 km/h; REF; http://www.transportation.alberta.ca...klet_final.pdf E bike also don’t meet the definition of ohv. They meet the definition of power bicycles. |
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Ebikes only allowed in areas where OHVs are allowed. So useless. GOV sure was quick on this one, as there were many sheep hunters thinking hmmmm.
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I can say, Ebikes make going up steep hills and pulling a trailer with a load in it way easier than using a regular bike. Not form experience hunting but from using an Ebike on city trails and paved roads/pathways and comparing it to using my old mountain bike on the same trails. |
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Winefredcommander no they don’t but it is a provincial park and you are allowed to ride e bikes there contrary the the comments of them being banned in all parks. Thanks for the useful information from some of you. The rest need to lear to just scroll by and not comment. |
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