Powered Game Carts?

[Goshawk]

Just checking to see if anyone here has any experience with an electric powered game cart.  My son's buck has me looking for a better way of getting game out of deep holes in gated areas.
Thanks in advance,
Goshawk.

[KFhunter]

tagging

I'm just interested in the discussion if a motorized cart would be allowed beyond locked gates. 

private timberlands?
national forest?
BLM?
DNR?
WDFW lands?
other public lands?

obviously no on wilderness

@bigtex

[Goshawk]

Between birthdays and knees, I'm getting to the point where I just can't toss on the backpack and head out for a weekend like I used to. Dang gravity seems to be increasing every year, along with thinner air!

[bigtex]

tagging

I'm just interested in the discussion if a motorized cart would be allowed beyond locked gates. 

private timberlands?
national forest?
BLM?
DNR?
WDFW lands?
other public lands?

obviously no on wilderness

@bigtex

It literally depends on each agency. There is no statewide or federal law/rule. So it is up to each agency (and in the case of private lands each landowner) to decide in their regulations.

Here is the pertinent definition for DNR lands (note it is diferent for WDFW lands): "Motor vehicle or motorized vehicle" means any device that is moved or propelled by an internal combustion engine or electrically powered motor. It shall include, but not be limited to automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, motor bikes, motor-scooters and off-road vehicles, whether or not they can be licensed to operate on public roads. The term does not include vessels or personal mobility assistive devices, such as wheelchairs.

[gaddy]

I asked a WDFW guy the question about electric decoy carts for goose hunting. He told me that motorized is motorized, doesn't matter if gas or electric.

[Goshawk]

After yesterday's multi hour drag on a buck I have got to come up with something better than just my own legs, or it will be time to stop hunting behind gates.

[Oh Mah]

Bigger wheels and longer handle on the game cart will help. 

[Seahawk12]

For mechanical assistance to drag out of nasty spots theres always something along these lines:

[Duckslayer89]

After yesterday's multi hour drag on a buck I have got to come up with something better than just my own legs, or it will be time to stop hunting behind gates.

Debone on kill site and throw all deboned meat in your pack and hike it out!

[Humptulips]

I have a receiver hitch on my bicycle that I hook my Cabelas game cart behind. It can be a push up hill but if you hunt up hill pretty easy coming out,

[Magnum_Willys]

After yesterday's multi hour drag on a buck I have got to come up with something better than just my own legs, or it will be time to stop hunting behind gates.

Debone on kill site and throw all deboned meat in your pack and hike it out!

 


I know a couple oldtimers in upper 70s that bring elk out whole with a honda capstan winch and 150 ft of rope.  Im talking miles not yards.  They have it on a backboard only weighs about 20#.   Mite take all day but they say its the best day of the hunt pulling a trophy out whole to camp and everyone thinks the old guys got lucky off the road. 

[cdriver]

QuietKat might make what you are looking for. I have one of their mt. bikes. They also make other e-powered machines.

[fast60eddie]

Bigger wheels and longer handle on the game cart will help. 

I made one with 27” wheels, ten speed forks and 10’ aluminum handles. I haul a 10’ Jon boat, 6 dozen decoys, blind, guns and ammo to the spot. Get creative with it tall skinny wheels and the right fulcrum makes life better.

[KFhunter]

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[birddogdad]

hmmm, wonder how this falls into no power behind gates? i would bet they balk. maybe not but my gut says they would.

[Stein]

hmmm, wonder how this falls into no power behind gates? i would bet they balk. maybe not but my gut says they would.

I don't know of any agency that draws a distinction between things you ride (trucks, atv's etc) and things you walk behind.  The question has been asked to most agencies and they either have confirmed no motors means no motors or have it specifically called out in the regulations.

[KFhunter]

most signs that I see say something to the effect "no motorized vehicles"

ve·hi·cle  = a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, truck, or cart.

I think the intent is to limit ATV's and Trucks, electric pedal assist bikes seem to be OK though. 

Maybe a guy needs an electric pedal assist cart 



My last Elk hunt I was wishing I had an Ebike,  it was 6 miles to my area behind a locked gate.  Never seen another person,  found a grizz and some good elk sign, shot some nice grouse, didn't get to arrow an elk though.   

[birddogdad]

I asked a WDFW guy the question about electric decoy carts for goose hunting. He told me that motorized is motorized, doesn't matter if gas or electric.

 

like i said, fuzzy laws and individual interpretations will cause this to be just another bad purchase

[Oh Mah]

I agree with it needs cleared because  i don't ride my generator and i think if i carry it out past 100 feet i'm ok.

Also there are a lot of motorized equipment out there that people use in the wild,

chainsaw for one.So to say i can use a chainsaw off road to cut trees down but not use one for a winch to pull my elk out is a little off.should be allowed to use same chainsaw to power a game cart.

[Thehowler]

http://www.thediyhunter.com/10-thediyhunter-info
Check out this cool little cart.

[ghosthunter]

http://www.thediyhunter.com/10-thediyhunter-info
Check out this cool little cart.

That doesn’t look any easier than packing to me.

[Thehowler]

Suppose to be battery operated.

[High Climber]

most signs that I see say something to the effect "no motorized vehicles"

ve·hi·cle  = a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, truck, or cart.

I think the intent is to limit ATV's and Trucks, electric pedal assist bikes seem to be OK though. 

Maybe a guy needs an electric pedal assist cart 



My last Elk hunt I was wishing I had an Ebike,  it was 6 miles to my area behind a locked gate.  Never seen another person,  found a grizz and some good elk sign, shot some nice grouse, didn't get to arrow an elk though.   

Ebikes (and I presume Ecarts?) are prohibited on all the gated private timberlands I frequent in western WA and OR... may be different in your neck of the woods? I recommend checking with the specific landowner. Weyerhaeuser, Sierra pacific, Hancock etc are all a big negative for ebikes. Maybe IEP and others are more lax

[hunthard]

I don't get why anyone would care about an electric bike, I can't afford one but can't see what the problem would be using one.

[Goshawk]

Thank you all for so many different approaches to solving my game packing problem.

I used to have a great appy gelding that when something big went down, I would go get and either drag out or drape over him.  Sadly he passed on about 10 years ago and I never replaced him.  Some of your ideas have a lot of merit so I'll spend the spring pondering the best for my situation.

A Merry Christmas to all!

[millerwheeler]

Go to harbor freight buy a small lawn mower engine , a jack shaft , a small.chain probably could.use a bycle for most parts and build.one

[huntnphool]

 Signs in the Methow used to say "No Mechanized Vehicles" and we're changed.


 With the advent of these new inventions, I'm betting those signs return.