BAN EM!!! THEN ENFORCE IT!!!

[elkassassin]

Some e-bikes now banned from off-road sections at Utah wildlife management areas

State wildlife managers are warning some e-bike riders that their bikes are now illegal in off-road parts of wildlife management areas.

www.ksl.com

 

[BLooDTRaCKeR]

WMA’s should be 100% free of harassment. If this includes e bikes, I support it.

Give what’s left of our wildlife a fighting chance.

On the other hand, please consider other areas as well. Have a “no e bike season” during hunting season. Limit the tech impact on our wildlife, period.

 

[elkassassin]

Hey BLooD!

You Could Start Your Own Committee!

 

[BLooDTRaCKeR]

Tech committee is already spoken for?

 

[slamdunk]

I wish we could somehow restrict recreational Trail Riding dirt bikes during hunting seasons.

 

[Dangbig]

I wish we could somehow restrict recreational Trail Riding dirt bikes during hunting seasons.

There were more non hunters riding than hunters on the cache both elk and deer hunts

 

[JakeH]

Bess is there anything you don't want to ban???

I don't see how an E-bike is doing "damage" to an ecosystem if a normal bike isn't.

 

[elkassassin]

That's What Happens JakeH When They ***** With My SmokePole Scope!

Bess is there anything you don't want to ban???

I don't see how an E-bike is doing "damage" to an ecosystem if a normal bike isn't.

 

[JakeH]

That's What Happens JakeH When They ***** With My SmokePole Scope!

Oh yeah, smokepole scopes was your line. ? Well it looks like we won that battle for now.

 

[carbonnation]

So we gonna start banning horses in the back country also? They give the hunter more of an advantage than the bikes do, and you can argue long term drop camps and pick lines damage the habitat more than a fat bike tire. We gonna ban spotting scopes and binos, What about prescription eyeglasses? Some of those are as high tech as it gets. The whole premise of banning tech is a shame. Everything other than what God gave you is considered tech. Everyone draws there own moral line. It gets dangerous when you start enforcing your moral line on others. As hunters we fight too much. The antis would be wise to just leave us alone, we have a tendency to shut ourselves down. I agree with regulation, it is necessary, but shouting, arguing, and pounding your chest because someone can't use an ebike, or a trail camera, or a rangefinder , etc just divides the hunting community. It just leads to more banning and more regulation. I don't claim to have answers to these questions, but guys sure seem quick to try to take things away from other hunters. Sooner or later they will ban something you value.

 

[lif]

So we gonna start banning horses in the back country also? They give the hunter more of an advantage than the bikes do, and you can argue long term drop camps and pick lines damage the habitat more than a fat bike tire. We gonna ban spotting scopes and binos, What about prescription eyeglasses? Some of those are as high tech as it gets. The whole premise of banning tech is a shame. Everything other than what God gave you is considered tech. Everyone draws there own moral line. It gets dangerous when you start enforcing your moral line on others. As hunters we fight too much. The antis would be wise to just leave us alone, we have a tendency to shut ourselves down. I agree with regulation, it is necessary, but shouting, arguing, and pounding your chest because someone can't use an ebike, or a trail camera, or a rangefinder , etc just divides the hunting community. It just leads to more banning and more regulation. I don't claim to have answers to these questions, but guys sure seem quick to try to take things away from other hunters. Sooner or later they will ban something you value.

I agree with all of your sentiments, but we have to self regulate or **** gets real ugly for us as a whole. Not all technology can or should be lumped together. A rifle and scope setup that can accurately shoot out to 1000 yards is not the same advantage as a pair of 10 powered binoculars. Sabot and powder pellets is not the same advantage as a scope on a muzzle loader. A compound bow is not the same advantage as a crossbow. There have been technology regulations on hunting for a long time. The big issue we are discussing is newly introduced technology that has not yet been regulated. It is undeniable that modern technologies in the last 10-20 years have had an impact on both the animals and the overall experience for the hunters. I agree that fighting amongst each other is not a great look, but self regulation is very much a necessity.