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Bicycle for Hunting #1862450
10/01/16 10:40 AM
10/01/16 10:40 AM
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pensacola,fl
dagwood Offline OP
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I have an area that I'm thinking about accessing with a bicycle to keep down the pressure of driving my truck in. Any suggestions on what kind on bike and experiences using one. I would park my truck and ride the bike less than a mile to my hunting area.


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Re: Bicycle for Hunting [Re: dagwood] #1862467
10/01/16 10:58 AM
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Lot of people ride bikes up here on Wheeler and Bankhead. Some of the best ideas I have seen were where bikes were modded to carry the stand in. A few I have seen you could carry the stand and a deer out. Most of these ih they had stand and deer they had the deer on the bike and were pushing it out. A couple I have seen using the trikes like are used in plant maint. depts.. On private land though ride in on bike...kill one...ride out to truck or 4 wheeler. But I have seen some nice redneck engineering on some bicycles.


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Re: Bicycle for Hunting [Re: dagwood] #1862486
10/01/16 11:22 AM
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If the soil is really sandy it will be tough. You can get the fatter tires now that will help in the sand. I think it sounds like a great idea.

Re: Bicycle for Hunting [Re: trlrdrdave] #1862488
10/01/16 11:23 AM
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dagwood Offline OP
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I'm not interested in hauling stands in or deer out for what I need. I found this one at Walmart. It's a cheap Huffy but may be OK for the little I use it.

Mountain Bike


jmlane
Re: Bicycle for Hunting [Re: dagwood] #1862493
10/01/16 11:29 AM
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I got one like that for one of my kids a while back. Lasted about a year of light use. I would suggest a better quality bike but it will work if that's what you want just to try it. Brakes sucked, tires wore out fast, couldn't keep the derailleur adjusted.

Re: Bicycle for Hunting [Re: dagwood] #1862587
10/01/16 01:19 PM
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My dad always said the problem with a bike is you work your legs off to give your ass a ride.


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On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
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Re: Bicycle for Hunting [Re: dagwood] #1862626
10/01/16 01:44 PM
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I used a mountain bike a few yrs ago hunting some public land that was walk in only.
I finally just started walkin in because there was sand and I ended up sweatin more than if I had walked. If you in shape it will save you some time though

Re: Bicycle for Hunting [Re: dagwood] #1862697
10/01/16 02:40 PM
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I had an old cheapo ATB that I used on public land worked great you can cover distance fast. Id get off and walk up hill or in sand but down hill or flat was fine.

Re: Bicycle for Hunting [Re: dagwood] #1862772
10/01/16 03:39 PM
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Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
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I've gone in on a bike when turkey hunting, before.


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Re: Bicycle for Hunting [Re: dagwood] #1862977
10/01/16 06:26 PM
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my buddy tried it at eufaula refuge, said it started as a good idea, but it turned out it was pretty hard on them, think it wore them out, put it this way- they didnt do it twice, btw, eufaula is flat-


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