cover story
nov
2018
HUNTERS’ TARGET
REASONABLY PRICED
CARTS
F
or the new-wave
Outdoor Channel
television viewing
set, using tricked-
out golf carts for hunting
is pretty old hat. Watching
Lee and Tiffany and a host
of other TV types silently
zip around over hill and
dale in electric-powered,
camo-covered golf carts in
their quest for heavy bucks
with massive racks is an
every day occurrence on
the big screen.
But a cart price doesn’t have to be as much as a
house down payment to be a very functional hunt-
ing vehicle that’s great for all-terrain field duty.
I stopped by my local golf cart dealer and learned
that sales of electric golf carts for hunting is big
business, and they could modify a cart almost any
way I desired.
I decided on a used cart, for lower price. The deal-
ership had many on hand that were coming off
leases from golf courses. The key to a good buy
on a used cart was getting one with almost-new
batteries.
Most carts have a bank of oversize 6-volt (yes,
6-volt, not 12-volt) batteries, and they are expen-
sive. A full bank of new ones run about $500, so
when checking on a used cart, get one with bat-
teries less than a year old. You should get several
years of use out of such batteries if they’re main-
tained (keeping them filled with water and prop-
erly charged). Cost for my base cart, with batteries
about one year old, was $2,000, which included a
heavy-duty battery charger.
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