Quads, worth buying for hunting?

[cowlitzkiller]

If you ever plan on hunting Idaho they are great.  We have packed a lot of elk with them in Idaho.  I ride mine a little here in WA.....but so many areas are locked up and off limits to quads though.  If they're a good deal, buy em and sell em.

[Special T]

since you own horses NO! Horses are a PITA and require lots of time so either make them pay by useing the hell out of them OR get rid of them and then find something to hunt from. 

[bobcat]

I used to have one, but sold it because I didn't use it enough to justify storing it. It was good for doing some scouting in the summer in certain areas.

But most places I wanted to hunt they are not legal. I also didn't like the new law that requires a helmet. Actually that was probably the main reason that I decided to sell mine.

It costs at least $5000 to buy an ATV. I think you're better off getting a street legal vehicle so that it can be used on National Forest and private timberlands.

But of course it really does depend on where you hunt.

Even in areas where they are legal, the problem I had in using mine, is I never felt safe parking it on the side of the road while I was off hunting. It's too easy for someone to just load it up in a pickup and drive away.

[brokenvet]

Nice to have , but it is a nuisance. 

In 1998 I hunted Mt St Hellen's for elk, modern, and opening day as soon it was light enough there was these quads going full throttle up and down the dirt roads.  Need less to say that game was no where to be found for miles and miles. 

For me it should not be allowed.

[rosscrazyelk]

They are not allowed where I hunt, but sometimes I wish I could just use it to retrieve game. would save my back for sure.

[kckrawler]

They are a valuable tool but unless you have access to a good chunk of private land, you'll find that they stay parked more often than not. 

[Curly]

Nice to have , but it is a nuisance. 

In 1998 I hunted Mt St Hellen's for elk, modern, and opening day as soon it was light enough there was these quads going full throttle up and down the dirt roads.  Need less to say that game was no where to be found for miles and miles. 

For me it should not be allowed.

Most of the St Hellen's area they are not allowed.  In fact, I'm not sure where they are allowed in Margaret, Toutle, Winston, or Coweeman........

[bobcat]

Big block of state land in the Toutle unit where ATV's would be legal.

But in those other units, yeah, not so much.

[brokenvet]

Nice to have , but it is a nuisance. 

In 1998 I hunted Mt St Hellen's for elk, modern, and opening day as soon it was light enough there was these quads going full throttle up and down the dirt roads.  Need less to say that game was no where to be found for miles and miles. 

For me it should not be allowed.

Most of the St Hellen's area they are not allowed.  In fact, I'm not sure where they are allowed in Margaret, Toutle, Winston, or Coweeman........

I was on FR 25 pass hwy 99, that area.  I left that afternoon and went to Winston

[bobcat]

Nice to have , but it is a nuisance. 

In 1998 I hunted Mt St Hellen's for elk, modern, and opening day as soon it was light enough there was these quads going full throttle up and down the dirt roads.  Need less to say that game was no where to be found for miles and miles. 

For me it should not be allowed.

Most of the St Hellen's area they are not allowed.  In fact, I'm not sure where they are allowed in Margaret, Toutle, Winston, or Coweeman........

I was on FR 25 pass hwy 99, that area.  I left that afternoon and went to Winston

That would all be National Forest land, and all vehicles must be street legal.

[WSU]

I think everyone agrees that they should only be used where legal, but that doesn't change the utility in places they are legal.  And, I don't think you can complain about quads being on roads open for motorized traffic.  Whether street legal or not, there is going to be traffic and less game on roads open to vehicles.  Don't hunt there if you don't like it.

[fish vacuum]

It all depends on where you hunt and the legality/practicality of using one. I had a 3-wheeler for about 10 years that I used for hunting sometimes. When I first got it, ATVs weren't nearly as popular as now and they were allowed in a lot more places. I eventually sold it because the places to use it decreased as their popularity increased, therefore more and more ATVs were being used in the few places I could take it.

[Bean Counter]

I know what he meant. You stink after riding one.

Bingo. Yes, you get smelly after sweating on a hike, from the inside out. but I don't think its as bad as petroleum coating you on the outside.

Most of the places I hunt, and ATV wont take you much farther than I'm willing to take my truck anyway.

[PlateauNDN]

I know what he meant. You stink after riding one.

   I was thinking in a whole different direction!   I'm not sure if it's worth it.  Every area I go to they are not allowed and the ones that I do see ride them on the roads and I can do that in my vehicle without the smell and be a more comfortable ride.

[Special T]

Just ask Carp how he likes his new Samuri!