I love riding my quad, I really do and it would make hauling bear bait a lot easier.
But, I agree with the ban. I do not think the ATV itself causes a lot of fires, it comes down to than ancillary events around groups of people on quads and camping in general.
I have spent a lot of years camping on May long weekend with and without fire bans, we’ll before I owned a ATV.
Especially on crown land, no matter if it was a group of people with or without ATV’s, there are fires lit regardless of a fire ban.
My group respects the fire ban when in place, a lot of others do not. When we politely approached those folks that had a fire going all day and most of the night to ask if they were aware of any restrictions, their answer was “we are being careful”.
What this ban will do is reduce the number of people that go out and party it up on crown land. Since they cannot use their highway vehicle or have a fire, they are likely to stay out of the wild places.
Just my experience in the matter.
Guess I better get mapping the shortest route to hoof the bait in.
Take care and stay safe all.
Fitscottn
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