Mountain bike hunting

[jds holler]

Trying my new photo bucket app. Anybody ever hunt like this?

 

[TheOtherZilla]

I used to do that back in the early 90's. Was great til I biffed and filled my barrel up with dirt and junk..

 

[jds holler]

I used to do that back in the early 90's. Was great til I biffed and filled my barrel up with dirt and junk..

Yeah it's definitely not the time to get crazy. jd

 

[MTmagazine]

I use mine every once in a while to ride to the back corner of one of my farms during whitetail bow season. It works great, deer generally wont spoke if you glide past them in the dark. But I should add, the trails on that farm go through the woods and are very smooth and easy to follow in low light. Just have to be careful that a branch didnt fall on the trail that you dont know about .

 

[Fast14riot]

Always wanted to, but would rather carry the rifle on my back, biathlon style. Would be a good way to cover ground for predator hunting.

 

[jds holler]

Always wanted to, but would rather carry the rifle on my back, biathlon style. Would be a good way to cover ground for predator hunting.

Yeah, I tried both ways, decided to rig for either option. This also works for my bow, but I need to modify a little for vibra-flop factor. I haven't actually killed a buck with this method yet, but it's been close. jd

 

[XTR]

I used to race MTBs and have more bikes than I care to admit to. I thought this over one season. It opens up lots more space to hunt but one glaring problem surfaced. How do you get anything bigger than a squirrel back out of the woods?

 

[dtucker]

I wished I just had the energy to get on the damn thing, I don't think my leg will even go that high anymore to get it over the seat. Looks like fun though.

 

[wiuprof]

Unfortunately, that would be illegal here in Illinois.
A few years back, a local was ticketed for "Hunting from a conveyance"…… he was on his mule!
If the firearm was unloaded & cased, it would have been o.k.

 

[284winner]

Trying my new photo bucket app. Anybody ever hunt like this?

Matter if fact I just began mountain bike hunting a couple years ago. Most of my hunting out of state requires parking a couple miles from my treestand and walking in. Some days temps are warmer and biking in on two tracks can be much less physically exerting(less sweating) as walking those miles in carrying a pack or gear. The other plus side is leaving scent down. Two rubber tires leave less scent that two legs. National Forest has foot/walking paths as well and can be mountain biked as well. I find it to be a quicker way in and out as well.

 

[mmcu]

How do you get anything bigger than a squirrel back out of the woods?

That's easy. For deer sized critters, gut animal, place abdominal cavity over seat with shoulder/neck junction over handlebars. Legs hang down and are secured. Walk bike, with animal out of the woods. Been there, done that - works like a charm!

 

[284winner]

That's easy. For deer sized critters, gut animal, place abdominal cavity over seat with shoulder/neck junction over handlebars. Legs hang down and are secured. Walk bike, with animal out of the woods. Been there, done that - works like a charm!

For me, I shoot first and worry about that part second. Actually, I haul a deer cart behind the bike on the way in the first time out and cable lock it to a tree in the woods a ways from my stand. It's stays there until I need it. At the point I do need it, I simply load my deer and walk it out. I return later for the bike.

 

[snert]

dang it JD...I saw that thread title and before I even started to read i was thinking "which is better to stop a mountain bike, shoot it in the seat or the handlebars?" It NEVER crossed my lazy mind to think of actually RIDING one!

 

[jds holler]

dang it JD...I saw that thread title and before I even started to read i was thinking "which is better to stop a mountain bike, shoot it in the seat or the handlebars?" It NEVER crossed my lazy mind to think of actually RIDING one!

There has been a few times when I thought my bike was going to be stopped by a myocardial infarction. jd

 

[snert]

So, what is best for mountain bike hunting...FMJ to piece the tough hide, a long spear with an open end wrench on the end to disembowel it, or a large mechanized vehicle (like my mini-van) to just run it over? These things are dangerous. Nearly gave me a heart attack too...just trying to get the kickstand up and I upended the dang thing. Then I scraped my knee and while yelling OWEEE I ran it into the edge of the garage and nearly broke my nose.

i am thinking a minimum of 338 Lapua...

 

[Fast14riot]

I used to race MTBs and have more bikes than I care to admit to. I thought this over one season. It opens up lots more space to hunt but one glaring problem surfaced. How do you get anything bigger than a squirrel back out of the woods?

I raced for a while and ran a couple shops, I know what the bike fleet can grow into, then there is the collecting... it's almost as bad guns! Sold nearly all my fleet and am down to my 7 regular rides.

I think it would be great for covering ground out here in the high desert for coyotes, but not so much for deer.

 

[msinc]

Yep, I use mine to hunt. Mostly for bowhunting to quietly get around to the other side of my property and get on the downwind side when I sneak into my treestand. Works great.
Somebody remind me not to hunt around snert's neck of the woods!!!!!

 

[MrMajestic]

The rules and regulations at the gate of the PA SGL where we hunt prohibit it. It would be nice, especially the deer cart trailer, as my knees/feet/ankles don't care for the hike much anymore.

 

[rardoin]

dang it JD...I saw that thread title and before I even started to read i was thinking "which is better to stop a mountain bike, shoot it in the seat or the handlebars?" It NEVER crossed my lazy mind to think of actually RIDING one!

I saw a similar thread on a 'Mountain Lions Only' website. Posts seemed to concentrate on the rider however.

 

[msinc]

The rules and regulations at the gate of the PA SGL where we hunt prohibit it. It would be nice, especially the deer cart trailer, as my knees/feet/ankles don't care for the hike much anymore.

You mean it is prohibited to use a game cart on state game lands in Pa.????? You gotta be kidding us right!!! I lived up there in the early 80's and they would open the gates and let us go in with motorized vehicles to retrieve game during deer and bear season if you called them. What about one of those plastic drags??? Seems like to me a game cart would do less damage to the forest floor than a drag.