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Offline Goshawk

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Powered Game Carts?
« on: October 29, 2018, 09:46:49 PM »
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.
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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2018, 10:47:54 PM »
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

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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2018, 10:01:59 AM »
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!
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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2018, 01:28:59 PM »
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.

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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2018, 02:24:08 PM »
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.

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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2018, 07:32:06 AM »
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.
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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2018, 08:26:59 AM »
Bigger wheels and longer handle on the game cart will help.  :twocents:
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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2018, 09:01:25 AM »
For mechanical assistance to drag out of nasty spots theres always something along these lines:

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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2018, 09:04:48 AM »
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!

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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2018, 09:38:28 AM »
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,
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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2018, 08:51:16 AM »
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!

 :yeah:


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. 

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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2018, 08:23:33 PM »
QuietKat might make what you are looking for. I have one of their mt. bikes. They also make other e-powered machines.

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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2018, 10:21:22 AM »
Bigger wheels and longer handle on the game cart will help.  :twocents:
:yeah: 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.

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Re: Powered Game Carts?
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2018, 09:50:36 AM »
hmmm, wonder how this falls into no power behind gates? i would bet they balk. maybe not but my gut says they would.
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