Biking on logging roads

[Hectocotylus]

I am thinking about using a bike to get back to a spot I like to get to this year.  What would you say your experience has been regarding speed of biking on your average logging road? Of course I will find out for sure by getting off my butt and testing it out, but just curious what I can expect once the snow goes away and I can get out there. 

[Hunting7mm]

Depends on the road.  I usually ride the downhill and straight stretches and end up pushing my bike up the steep hills.

[Lucky1]

You will cover a lot more ground with a bike than you will walking. The wheel is a wonderful invention.

[PolarBear]

We hunted Clearwater (Forks) for elk by bike for years.  It is a great way to go if you have the stamina.  It does suck coming back out with several hundred pounds of meat in a trailer pushing you down hill. (and straight through corners) 

[Antlershed]

Depends on the road.  I usually ride the downhill and straight stretches and end up pushing my bike up the steep hills.

It will save time overall, but you will spend a good amount of time pushing up hills unless you have insane leg strength.

[ghosthunter]

I used mine just a little this past deer season cruising quietly along roads. Down hill.
I designed a plastic pipe pull rod for the steep stuff. Pulls just like a wagon.
But you an hunt Till dark and get out in a quarter of the time.

In my case I like to drop the bike off miles above camp. Than drive back down and hunt up to it. Than cruise those last minutes of light down towards camp.

Still adding stuff.
Might take it behind gates turkey just ting this year.

[Hectocotylus]

Nice hopefully it works good for me


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[Bofire]

I do it and like it. I find bikes with no suspension work best. I can get two-three miles behind a gate in 15-30 minutes depending. then leave the bike. You can use the bike to walk out killed animals, put the gutting hole over the seat, tie the head and legs to the bike and walk it out. I carry my gun on a sling on my back.
Carl

[pope]

In my case I like to drop the bike off miles above camp. Than drive back down and hunt up to it. Than cruise those last minutes of light down towards camp.

That's a good idea. A bike gives you an advantage especially in flat, gated areas. It takes very little effort to go beyond where others are willing to walk, if it's relatively flat. If it's steep, the bike gives you no advantage on the way in (assuming you park low and hunt high). In fact, a bike will add 25 to 30 pounds to your "kit" and for most, this means pushing. But with a trailer or some panniers, a bike can make transporting your kill back down the mountain much easier than hoofing it. This year I packed my first deer out on foot. Wish I would have had the bike.

[Turner89]

I love using a bike, and trailer.

[Bob33]

8-10 MPH on the level, faster going downhill, 2 MPH pushing it uphill.

[Humptulips]

It makes a tremendous difference what shape the road is in. Smooth rolled in rd is so sweet. shot rock not so much. I curse the grader if the road hasn't been run on after grading.
In the morning I tend to walk a lot in the dark so the latest place I've went 7 miles in about half up hill it takes me an hour and a half. I come out in about a half hour. That s mostly smooth road.
Another place I went last year, flat as a table but shot rock I could barely stand to bike it at all and not too long between walking stretches.
Get a cart, worth its weight in gold when you get something. I only bring mine in after I get something. I use a Cabelas game hauler. Used it for at least 20 years.

[Turner89]

It makes a tremendous difference what shape the road is in. Smooth rolled in rd is so sweet. shot rock not so much. I curse the grader if the road hasn't been run on after grading.
In the morning I tend to walk a lot in the dark so the latest place I've went 7 miles in about half up hill it takes me an hour and a half. I come out in about a half hour. That s mostly smooth road.
Another place I went last year, flat as a table but shot rock I could barely stand to bike it at all and not too long between walking stretches.
Get a cart, worth its weight in gold when you get something. I only bring mine in after I get something. I use a Cabelas game hauler. Used it for at least 20 years.

x2 graded roads are murder  

[deerhunter_98520]

Bikes are lifesavers for sure 

[wahunter21]

is it just me or does that that elk head look Huge  ?