5 Reasons You Should NOT Buy an Electric Bike for Hunting

Fat tire electric bikes from brands like Rambo, QuietKat, Bakcou and more look awesome, but should you buy one? Not unless you can answer yes to these five questions!

00:00 Are electric bikes allowed where you hunt?
02:01 Transporting an ebike
03:03 Max range of fat tire electric bikes
04:39 Pedaling is necessary
05:37 Fat tire ebikes vs motorcycles

[theoutdoorempire]

Are electric bikes allowed for hunting in your neck of the woods?

[jamesnorman]

E-bikes are allowed everywhere if they’re 750 watts or under. If it’s over, just put a 750 watt sticker on it. Your welcome

[rjm]

Finishing off my hunt for 23. I have the Apex Pro and here are my tips. I bought it mainly for hunting Elk in the Big Horn Mts. I will say without a doubt that it tripled my hunting area. Where I used to spend hours stalking in on dirt track to reach hunting areas, I was able to all but minimize that time and maximizes actual hunting hours. I am a semi fit 64 year old with bad feet. I don't like giving Elk the advantage of hearing me come a mile away in a vehicle / side x side / atv. The bike is very quiet but not silent. Save your spine and invest in some sort of shock for the seat. if you don't have a solar option. buy the portable kit and a spare battery. BAR mitts are a very good add as well. Oh yeah, darkness in the mts is a reality. Better get a light or suffer the pain. I also used it for extending my whitetail range in the Wisconsin homestead and plan on using it for spring Turkey. In the end, well worth it and I love the fact I actually am getting that slight leg workout on the bike. yes, you do have to pedal.

[Bootyhunter]

Rule #1- never "call and ask" some bureaucrat anything. Of course they will say no, or start digging for a reason to say no. Just go, the likelihood of even seeing anyone that could care is remote, and if you do, they most likely wont give a bike a second thought but on the very off chance you run into the ahole that would say anything then you will just be asked to "not do it again". Much better to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.

[firedog]

As for rule one, we hunt government land, not national forest. I asked the game warden about using my ebike. After me answering where I'll be at and stuff, he said it'll be ok. Got smart and made a slide for hauling deer out, it's all down hill from my deer stand so it'll do 18 mph with a deer. Kinda funny how ppl talked smack at the start of season, now they all talking about getting on.

[emtp]

Well damn, I answered yes to all these questions and I still don't have one. Time to get one then.

[gerodnielsen]

It's so much better to do your own build the new cyc x1 pro gen four will rip around just like a motorcycle. It's 5000w Mid-Drive I have the gen 3 and it's will get up to 57mph and go from zero to 40 in about 4 seconds. And that's the 3000w the 5000w will be way faster off the line and tip speed. When you buld your own
You can put it on a much nicer frame then most of these ready made ebikes. And it will be lighter with a bigger better battery And you get much more power if you go with the cyc. Just something to always consider when buying an ebike.

[ConservativeVet]

I have a QuietKat Ranger. In the ECO mode using the PAS I get 15-20 miles when trail riding and not getting too crazy. Every now and then I’ll switch to BOOST or TRAIL mode when going up steeper hills. I bought an extra battery for just in case scenarios. I have yet to use it on any of my fishing excursions. I am 6’ 2” and weigh 200. I usually carry another 40 lbs of fishing, camping gear, and food. Would I use it for hunting? Not sure.

[denisberthiaume]

you can charge your ebike anywhere, with a power pack often wrongly call " power generator" 12 volts 1000 ah with a converter 110 volts you can charge easily in camping where there is no power

[charlie]

Thanks for the good info ! I just ordered a young e scout pro 750 can’t wait for it to arrive.

[allencrossland]

I'm from Pennsylvania and my camp is in north Central Pa. surrounded by thousands of acres of game lands. I'm 70 now and will be 71by this archery season. I have neuropathy and plantars fasciitis keeps me from walking as I did several years ago in my younger days. You see that my mind is like I'm 30 but my body 70 going on 80. Lol . But because of the E bikes I can ride to most if not all the areas that I hunted as a young lad. So I applied for a special permit through the Pennsylvania game commission that alarm me on specified roads that I picked and was okayed by The game commission.

[ericb.]

1.) In Nevada the BLM permits ATVs and EMTBs 2.) my 1UP bike rack easily holds my E-CELLS Super Monarch Crown e-bike (75 lbs. W/O batteries, 95 lbs with both batteries.
3.) I have a BLUETTI AC200 MAX lithium iron-phosphate battery CHARGED by an Off Grid TREL 220 watt electric blanket 4.) my bike has a 60 mile pavement range and 30 mile on trail range by my experience W/ mild pedaling) 5.) Of COURSE it isn't an e-motorcycle!

[bosatsu]

Good info here. Thinking of getting electric bikes for the grankdids... They're teenagers, so peddling will not bother them a bit... Was thinking Hunting Bike because, you know... Bigger, Badder, Better... But when I was young, and even into my 50's 100 miles at a time was a common weekend. So that question about range knocked some sense into me... Glad I stopped by to watch your video. Have you done one on electric assist dirt bikes?

[colekv]

Howabout dual 500 watt e-bikes? I have an AWD with two 500 watt hub motors with one on each wheel with the options to switch between AWD, RWD, and FWD while riding.

[mixflip]

Couldn't you just buy a dual bike rack that is made to hold 2 50lb bikes but just use it to carry 1 ebike? Then you could still use it for the family's regular bikes when not hunting.

[hotchihuahua]

I look at an e-bike with a number of different purposes !
For hunting or utility on a farm requires a different setup ! Mountain biking or recreational biking requires other needs .
You need a followup to this video !

[tyb]

Missed one huge point, loaded down with gear: will you survive in the terrain you hunt. Answer for us: NO. We access our terrain via a super steep trail and dirt bikes also use that trail, only the craziest dirt bikers use it and they wear full body armor and light packs with essentially water only. If the area is old logging trails clean of deadfall this bike would be awesome

[WeNeedChange]

Their currently classifying E bikes as assault bikes 😂

[gmass]

My question to you, if you can afford Ebike why didn't you buy an extra battery ? Or at least have a solar charger ... Harbor Fright has solar chargers

[keptkozy]

Red flag on your range analysis is you said you kept it in mid gear. That's going to stress the drive train and run the battery which is probably why you weren't getting the range you wanted.

Treat bicycles (electric or not) like anything with a gearbox. Start in 1st or 2nd and run up the gears as you pick up speed. Shift smart and you can leave assist in low and be fine for hours of riding, sipping power and calories.