Show me your Hunting Rig

[Elkhunterguy]

Im looking to see what some of you are using for your hunting rigs. Full size, mid size. Roof nest , sleep in rig? Sleep in back of truck? Do you have a Sweet set up that gets you deep in the woods to set up your tent? Im looking for ideas to build something. Pros and cons if you can think of any..

 

[Jimmy]

This one pretty much, I sleep in the bed. Works pretty good

 

[jcaud]

It doesn’t haul much but I’m usually pretty unsuccessful in the woods so I usually don’t have anything to take home. I did load out a turkey last spring with no problem. Pros are that it gets 50 mpg so I can hunt a lot for little cost. Cons are that it’s a Camry.

 

[IDVortex]

I have a 17 F250 Long Bed Crew Cab. I do not know a single positive of it for a hunting rig, and dont recommend it to anyone.

I am looking for hopefully a mid/late 90s Toyota, or a early 2000s Tacoma.

 

[survivalistd]

 

[LCguy]

2009 F-150. Has 4wd and that's about it. I'm far too tall to sleep in any truck but it gets me where I need to go.

 

[Tryin]

 

[khart_6882]

Wall tent and barrel stove and a 11 days worth of crap loaded.

 

[Skerhunter]

I have used full size diesels, half tons, and a mid size suv. For vehicles the fulls size diesels are obviously the worst for poor road/trail conditions. Mid sized SUV obviously fills up with gear the fastest, but will probably do best on poor road conditions.

I have used campers, enclosed trailer, large base camp tents (cabelas/wall tent), back packing tents (tipi and free standing) roof top tent, slept in back of SUV and slept in bed of truck with camper shell.

All of my hunts are out of state and typically 7-14 days in length. So if you are a weekend warrior what works for me might not be necessary for you. The biggest issue I have ran into is room for coolers + gear on elk hunts with multiple hunters, coolers take up a ton of space!

Camper/enclosed trailer make for the best camp set up. You get better sleep and can eat better (premade meals in microwave). This is important on long hunts. Obviously limited to where you can pull these.

Second best - sleeping in vehicle or roof top tent. This is great if you plan to bounce around to different areas every day. Only downside is having to load/unload gear every day.

 

[Cherokeeguide]

If you want to get as deep into the woods as you can get in something with four wheels and license plates, and are more concerned about that than what it rides like on a paved road, a CJ-2A is still the "gold standard." IMHO

You can re-gear the transfer case to get a lower low range, put a granny-gear four-speed in front of that, stuff a Vortec V6 under the hood, and locking differentials, and travel any open, legal route on Forest Service or BLM land with no fuss or drama.

 

[Cherokeeguide]

If you want to get deep in the woods, one of these is hard to beat....

 

[SouthernCharm]

One of the better hunting rigs to take you till the end of the trail and bring you back. Down side, room is at a premium. Back in the day when I lived in Wyoming, had a 6.2 diesel 3/4 ton suburban. It was a tank and went everywhere, large fuel tank and decent fuel economy. Should have kept that.