I ride my Grizzly all over my 180 acre property all year and use it to fill corn feeders in the fall. There are several deer that actually come to the sound of the ATV.

I've never noticed a difference in deer sightings between sneaking in to the blind on foot and riding my ATV up to the blind and parking it within 10 feet of it. I often start seeing deer within 10 minutes of shutting off the ATV and have killed bucks within half an hour of doing so.

If I was hunting a new spot where motorized traffic was rare, I would probably become sneakier, but if the deer are acclimated to the regular sound of a motorized vehicle, I have never been able to detect a disadvantage to using one as long as it fits the regular pattern.

Last edited by wildhobbybobby; 07/07/14.
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