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Hello all! This is my 1st UTV, or ATV for that matter! I purchased it to support my thermal night hunting desire. This was based on my buddy saying to get ready to do a ton of walking, I’m like, heck no, I‘m starting to get into the seniors group (not to old I’m 61) and I have no desire to lug a AR-10 with a tripod around just to get some meat to put in the freezer! Well, this conversation happened a couple of months ago and that is when the research began. My buddy “Ray” also said that our primary target which are Hogs and whatever predators come along are also smarter than you think, and they have a great sense of smell and hearing for sure, that I need to consider an electric cart! I started looking at carts, and the bad boy buggy and I found out that was not really sustainable over an extended period of time. That had me looking at the electrical UTVs like the Intimidator and the HuntVe and I had initially made up my mind that I wanted a 64 volt HuntVe with the onboard generator and I was all set, I had actually found a clean 2018 used one that had just been traded in for a new one. It was the beginning of that afterthought as I soon found out that the 8-8-volt batteries were dead. I spoke with the folks down the street about acquiring new from them and a service guy sed to me, if it were him, he would pass on it as that will be an ongoing problem. Well, canceled that purchase! I started to get a Tracker 800XS and went to check it out and the manager with access to the keys had gone home for the day at 7:00 and they were still open. Anyway, I overheard some guys talking about UTVs and I spoke up as said that I’m looking for the quietest UTV so I can use it for stalk hunting, the whisper quiet Tracker 800XS and one of the guys spoke up and said he has a Pioneer 1000 and he has snuck up on Hogs within 50 yards and blasted them! He said they had no clue that he was there until after he fired on them. Will, that got me hooked into looking for a Pioneer 1000 and I just snagged one and she is on her way home! Sorry if I got long winded and almost ranting! David
