A 750 watt motor is a class 2 which is still considered a non motorized bike. A class 2 has a speed up to 20 miles an hour and a class 3 has a speed of 28 miles an hour and has a 1000 watt motor and is considered a motorized bike. A class 2 ebike can go anywhere a regular bike can go. It's all about the size of the motor.
I do not doubt the capability of electric bikes. I’ve seen guys on them. They seem as good as any beach cruiser or entry level mountain bike. I’m saying I won’t bike out to the places I go. Simply because I am trying to envision myself dragging game out the woods with a bike. Now my kayak.... that is a whole different story. I absolutely love accessing some hard to reach places with my kayak. It’s not electric either though lol there’s a reoccurring theme. I’m too price conscious to pay extra money for those luxuries. Seriously though for all these bike guys that park the truck ride the bike 300 yards or more out the trail and then walk a quarter mile, are you hiding these bikes so they don’t get stolen? What do you do with the bikes when you actually make a kill? I mean are you dragging the game to the truck then walking all the way back out for your bike? Is there a cooler and trailer mounted to your bike, so you field dress and quarter the animal, placing it in the cooler so you can ride back, then leave the heads so you are not mounting deer heads on the wall? I mean it just seems like you’re doing a lot of extra work to avoid walking in, in the event you kill something. Again I don’t do it so I don’t understand. I mean I park close to water so I can launch my kayak and paddle to impossible to walk or bike places and then I typically hunt within 200 yards of my kayak. If I get a kill the kayak is capable of getting me and the animal back with little inconvenience or extra work. So there’s no leaving it and coming back later. I don’t see the advantage of a bike except maybe getting out there a few minutes faster then all those advantages are lost if you make the kill. At least from what I can tell
Just have a regular bike but when I kill, I field quarter it and put it in the pack and it comes out on my back. Easy peasy.
How big is your pack? I’m rethinking my small back pack and dump pouches if you’re getting a mature buck in yours, then I must be doing something wrong. Even with these little deer down here, mine quartered barely fit into a 70 quart cooler with room for ice. I am not being sarcastic either, I genuinely want to know what type and how big this pack is
I ride my e-bike right up to where I hunt and hide it in the brush less scent on the ground and no sweating. I do have a deer cart that attaches to my rear rack. It's collapsible and the wheels come off . It's made by Rambo it's aluminum and weighs almost nothing. My bike has a walk by mode if I would have need it. I'm not a spring chicken anymore and with a injured back and pelvic area thank God for my e-bike.
That sounds like a sweet set up (pricey but awesome). So then with your conditions, I would assume that you are obviously forced to hunt places with well maintained trails and wma’s that allow bikes in those areas? This is what I like about this site, no two states and terrains are the same. Because outside of maybe Ocala, I can’t think of a place down here with that many well defined and maintained trail systems that a bike and trailer would work for me. Perhaps in south Fl or the far west panhandle? But definitely not in NE FL
Don't necessarily need well maintain trails. I take my time and go slow and the bike can go almost wherever I want to go. But maintained trails are nice to get back in and then turn off the trails and go even deeper into the woods.
That sounds like me as well. Chest waders kayaks and Jon boats
I hear you on the mud issue. I tried my bike once last year when it was mildly wet. It was a royal pain with the wheels locking up with mud. If it is dry enough to avoid the balling up, it's a great tool. Used a neighbors kayak a few times last year and it worked ok for accessing some stuff that is next to impossible to get in otherwise without pushing all the deer out. Think I might like a canoe better and need to find one to try this fall. The issue I had is all of the water access stuff is also full of stumps and stobs just under the water surface. Had some real close calls to full on roll overs.
@Nutterbuster i happen to come across this thread and watched your video. I been thinking of getting the Insights Bow pack which looked similar to this but a little more storage. Have you seen that one up close?
U can fit our deer in small packs....just an estimate but I would guess u could fit 4 deer quartered up in an Alice pack. 3 for sure, 4 may be pushing it
