My hunting partner and I are branching out a bit in our hunting endeavors and moving into the land management arena. In addition to the farm we lease for hunting we have picked up three other pieces of ground that we are going to begin managing for the land owners for deer & deer hunting (we probably won't be hunting them ourselves). We have two food plots on our place and have always paid friends who live near the farm to help work the ground. We don't have that luxury on the new places so we're looking at investing in some equipment of our own. We have a small harrow and are picking up a pull behind mower in the next few weeks. We currently use a Polaris Ranger EV for hunting & getting around our farm but they're not suited for working the ground.
We currently have a flat bed trailer that holds the Polaris but there isn't room for much else. This alone makes me lean toward an ATV but I figured it would be worth asking to see if members here have experience with both. I don't want to spend money only to find out I made a bad choice. We aren't looking to create food plots bigger than about an acre (more likely half acre in size) so hopefully we can get by with the smaller equipment. The ATV/UTV will be used to pull small stumps, pull a small disc or plow, spray, spread lime & fertilizer and plant/cultipack.
Does anyone else use an ATV or UTV for this kind of work or possibly have experience with both? Just wondering if either has a clear advantage over the other. Ideally we'd like to have a small tractor but I'm not sure if it would fit our budget and they can be challenging to get back in the woods where we need to work.
We currently have a flat bed trailer that holds the Polaris but there isn't room for much else. This alone makes me lean toward an ATV but I figured it would be worth asking to see if members here have experience with both. I don't want to spend money only to find out I made a bad choice. We aren't looking to create food plots bigger than about an acre (more likely half acre in size) so hopefully we can get by with the smaller equipment. The ATV/UTV will be used to pull small stumps, pull a small disc or plow, spray, spread lime & fertilizer and plant/cultipack.
Does anyone else use an ATV or UTV for this kind of work or possibly have experience with both? Just wondering if either has a clear advantage over the other. Ideally we'd like to have a small tractor but I'm not sure if it would fit our budget and they can be challenging to get back in the woods where we need to work.