Scouting Around Using An All Terrain Vehicle OR Utility Vehicle - Accountability Or Maybe Regulation?

The use of utility vehicles (UTVs) and four wheelers during hunting season has really increased in the past few years. ATVs offer numerous advantages -- they are much easier than walking, they cause less impact than nearly all other vehicles, they can get into terrain that would be inaccessible to many vehicles, and transporting an elk out on the back of a four wheeler or UTV is much easier than carrying it out on foot.

There can be down sides to the use of four wheelers. Since they are less difficult than walking, more and more people are hunting from their Quad rather than walking. The sound and smell of a UTV or ATV can signal game animals from a long way off so your chance of spotting an elk or deer from a four wheeler is much smaller. And that same noise and odor that is running deer and elk away from you is also chasing them away from any other hunters in the nearby area as well -- this can develop very hard feelings among hunters who used stealth and stalking skills to get into good quality habitat only to have the big game scared off by UTVs and ATVs!

Due to the fact Four wheelers can go into terrain that other vehicles cannot, some individuals are making unacceptable use of that convenience and creating a substantial network of brand new roads and trails in places that were previously roadless. This leads to higher impacts to vegetation and soils. It also produces a pathway to tempt other recreationists to follow until those barely visible tracks through the forest become a full-blown route. The elk or deer in that certain area are then subject to year-round disruption. Elk and deer hunters should remember that a half dozen studies have distinctly shown that elk stay away from vehicle activity connected with a road or 4 wheeler trail. Other interesting tidbits from these studies demonstrate that:

Big game use decreases in areas right next to roads for distances ranging from a quarter of a mile to almost 2 miles, subject to the quantity of traffic, the quality of the road and the strength of the plants and topographic cover adjacent to the road. Usually, more traffic flow on higher quality unpaved roads generates a wider area of big game avoidance.

Slow moving vehicles on primitive roads and trails are more upsetting to elk than fast moving vehicles on a state highway.

As road and ATV trail density grows in an area, the quality and scale of the elk habitat will decline considerably, which ultimately influences the quality and size of the elk population.

When motor vehicle use during hunting season gets to a particular threshold, Elk will give up that region completely and resort to unreachable areas such as private land or wilderness areas. The end result is that road and trail increases and persistent use of ATVs during hunting season is lowering all hunters' chances of getting that elk and it is having an effect on the ecosystem of the very animal they are hunting.

So what does this suggest for the frequent hunter with an ATV? It's straightforward - it means be accountable while using your ATV. If, as a group, ATV operators are careless with the use of their vehicles, then there will probably be increasing demands on land control agencies to limit Four wheeler use during hunting season. Presently you will find groups, particularly other hunters, which have been requesting a total ban on ATV use during hunting season. In other regions, restrictions have already been developed that narrow ATV use to specific times of the day and then only to recover a harvested animal.

None of us likes stipulations, but if heavy ATV use persists to result in unsatisfactory outcomes then regulations may become needed to ensure the protection of the land. A more desirable alternative is for All terrain vehicle users to understand the effects their activity can bring about and consciously take measures to lessen those impacts. ATV users are not distinctive in this respect -- as more and more people use public lands for leisure, the potential impacts of these activities are increasing very quickly. Practically all recreation users -- jeepers, horse enthusiasts, those who raft, snowmobilers, climbers, campers, motorcyclists, fishermen, and mountain bikers -- are now being asked to help reduce the impact of their activities so the public lands may be really enjoyed by both today's citizens as well as by generations to come.

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