Mud motors

[Glenn]

How about a state wide ban on loud mufflers on everything. Cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, the works.

[Remy]

How about a state wide ban on loud mufflers on everything. Cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, the works.

I can get behind this. Some of those squatted trucks are so loud I'm sure those guys will be deaf by 50.

[Glenn]

I can get behind this. Some of those squatted trucks are so loud I'm sure those guys will be deaf by 50.

It's awful. Trucks, yes. Now we have these japanese "drifters" rolling around in glorified roller skates makin' racket too. Donorcycles used to be the majority of it but it's spreading like crazy to other "hey look at me" groups.

[tman]

I voted yes.

The public benefit outweighs the private "right" to annoy the F*** out of the rest of us and disturb the whole dang lake/river. Since common sense has obviously not prevailed , i see limited options except for implementing a restriction.

[Phone Man]

so if it is a stock muffler is that ok? what about those outboard with drilled out exhaust? or are we banning all mud motors?

[huntinghagen#12]

I don't like mud motors. I owned a long tail years ago, I've been in an outboard ever since. A mm would make my life much easier hunting wise, but I hate hearing it.

I also don't like the government telling me what I can/can't own or use though.

If I had to make a rule, it would be to not allow them over a certain decibel, but that seems nit picky and a bitch to regulate.

[Gone South]

A quiet mud motor can still tear across a backwater shallow flat and spook birds into the next county

[B.S.D.]

Reckon we should ban Apache Helicopters from flying over the swamp too????

[ceddy]

Arkansas found you can't regulate stock exhaust and are looking to ban them on WMAs again. I think the state should ban them. In the hands of the right people, they are a great tool. However, there are a lot more people who abuse their power and destroy habitat and send waterfowl elsewhere. It's only a partial solution to the problem but a step in the right direction. I did just fine this season without one, just required more walking. Most waterways in SC do not need a mud motor to be successful and by eliminating them would allow waterfowl areas to rest on public ground.

[Duckman#1]

Arkansas found you can't regulate stock exhaust and are looking to ban them on WMAs again. I think the state should ban them. In the hands of the right people, they are a great tool. However, there are a lot more people who abuse their power and destroy habitat and send waterfowl elsewhere. It's only a partial solution to the problem but a step in the right direction. I did just fine this season without one, just required more walking. Most waterways in SC do not need a mud motor to be successful and by eliminating them would allow waterfowl areas to rest on public ground.

Ducks aren’t going to rest on public because people won’t allow it. That’s a fact. Ban mm ain’t fixing shit and banning 3” shells ain’t stopping skybusting.

[12341234]

Seen plenty of 4stroke outboards scare off birds.

[ceddy]

Seen plenty of 4stroke outboards scare off birds.

Anything can spook birds but does it send them to another pocket or another state? One body of water I hunt was covered up with birds 2 weeks before the season. Fishermen running everywhere in outboards and the birds didn't care. You could see 1000+ from the ramp. The weekend before the season all the mud boat idiots show up and I didn't see 50 the next week. People can argue all they want but they exponentially affect waterfowl because the idiots that run them have no common sense. Common sense will not return so therefore something must be done to slow the bleeding.

[12341234]

Anything can spook birds but does it send them to another pocket or another state? One body of water I hunt was covered up with birds 2 weeks before the season. Fishermen running everywhere in outboards and the birds didn't care. You could see 1000+ from the ramp. The weekend before the season all the mud boat idiots show up and I didn't see 50 the next week. People can argue all they want but they exponentially affect waterfowl because the idiots that run them have no common sense. Common sense will not return so therefore something must be done to slow the bleeding.

But you’re leaving out a lot of variables. How many times a day do people ride through the birds two weeks prior to season verse the two weeks leading up to the season? How many impoundments are dry or low level two weeks prior up to the season verse two weeks leading up to season? How many people shot the weekend before for youth and veterans weekend? If birds were left alone they would be fine doesn’t matter if it’s an outboard or a mud motor. Go to any other state that has birds look at limited access areas verse open public. Where has more birds?


The only way a mud motor has anymore effect on birds rhan an outboard is getting into back water. I have owned a mud motor for 20 years and I am all for limited access areas, but to outlaw a mud motor or muffler is stupid.

[ceddy]

But you’re leaving out a lot of variables. How many times a day do people ride through the birds two weeks prior to season verse the two weeks leading up to the season? How many impoundments are dry or low level two weeks prior up to the season verse two weeks leading up to season? How many people shot the weekend before for youth and veterans weekend? If birds were left alone they would be fine doesn’t matter if it’s an outboard or a mud motor. Go to any other state that has birds look at limited access areas verse open public. Where has more birds?


The only way a mud motor has anymore effect on birds rhan an outboard is getting into back water. I have owned a mud motor for 20 years and I am all for limited access areas, but to outlaw a mud motor or muffler is stupid.

I'm not talking SC, I'm talking Arkansas on what I've seen. Youth hunt isn't until December. There are very few private holes in this area, all are still dry when the season starts, and primarily only public. The Saturday before the season when mud motors are everywhere versus the massive amount of fishermen out in the weeks prior. Only thing that changes is adding mud motors. After they start riding, you see very few birds except in the rest area. They do make a difference because people are lazy. If people can't ride all the way in to them you have a lot fewer hunters pressuring them.

[cajunwannabe]

"Should there be a STATEWIDE ban on the use of SURFACE DRIVE mud motors on public waterways 2 weeks before and during duck / goose season" YES

If not, why don't we open all State WMA properties to 4 wheeler access? It's a "tool" right? "It's the operator, not the motor" that causes disturbance...............right? LOL

[Beachbird]

Texas limited the size props on mud motors on state property when I was stationed down there, not sure if they still do that but it had an effect for sure. I'd like to see a minimum distance between hunting parties here. Sucks when you set up on your spot on public ground hour and a half before shooting light just to have someone drop in and set up 75 yards from you 10 minutes before first shot.

[Whackumstackum]

Some of y’all missed your calling as president of the HOA….

[coot nasty]

I think some of yall should just stop bitching about everything I swear yall live a miserable life. Always got to find something to complain about when things don’t go your way. They could ban every tool and y’all would still bitch and cry. Oh…And I own a mud motor and don’t worry mid motor companies are already working on building them like a outboard but they still perform like a mud motor.

[BRR]

What if everything outside the channel was a no wake zone
2 weeks before to 2 weeks after duck season?

[skrimp]

Yes to a ban on non stock mufflers. I'd much prefer a total ban on mud motors. I've seen how bad they push birds off public water in quite a few states. Some people would rather not break a sweat when hunting and those don't care about keeping the waterfowl. Pretty selfish in my opinion.
No mud motors and a 30 and 3 season ending Jan. 15th would do wonders for duck hunting not only in SC but in the whole country.