Well it looks like I'll be using my wife's 02 Xtrra from now on since my truck was a total loss. We talked it over and have decided that I'll buy a nice (used, under $15k) family vehicle right now. Then we she goes back to work in a year or so (which will be the first time in five+ years because she raising the babies) then I'll be able to get me a new truck of my choosing since everything has been on me the last several years. I thought that was a good deal.

Pawpaw used to haul deer in the trunk of his 87' Monte Carlo luxury sport...throw down some of that heavy plastic and go at it...back about 1989 I remember them hunting some agriculture land and bringing back several does in the back of that car...looked like a messican lowrider with the weight in the trunk.

Been using my daily driver 4Runner for the past 8 seasons (an 04 and now a 14). I like it fine, and I have a rack for the back for hunting season, and a small trailer to use on bigger things. I don't know if it gets better gas mileage than some of the newer truck models. I keep thinking a truck would be real nice!

What's sissy about a trailer hitch rack?
I've been driving a Sequoia for three years now and I love being able to keep my stands and gear locked up during hunting season. I do miss being able to haul stuff in the bed of a truck sometimes. The racks are nice to use even if you drive a truck. It's a chore to pull a 200 lb deer in the bed of a truck by yourself. It's much easier to slide them up on a rack.

I have a 2003 Front wheel drive Hyundai Santa Fe with one of those sissy trailer hitch cargo loaders on it. Works fine for where I hunt I wouldn't take through any serious mud but it gets the job done

I have hunted out of a 96 Jeep grand Cherokee for the past 17years. 253K on it currently.
I have been considering going with a truck though and camper shell. I do like the storage space in the Jeep but I also need bed space for lumber, etc. Would be cheaper to just buy a trailer lol.

Ditto for me.

If you're looking at 4Runners, also keep an eye out for a 1991-1997 Land Cruiser or Lexus LX450. Often cheap, but built like a tank. Inline 6 with solid front axle. Heavy but with a set of mud tires they can go through quite a bit. Some have front and rear differential lockers too, so look for the round knob to the left of the steering wheel.

I know a guy who has an older model Sequoia (Similar in size to 4runner) and it has the V8, and I'd love to have it..

Got an isuzu rodeo w/6" of lift and 34s. Pulled the carpet out of the back and give er hell

I'll go thru more shucks in my explorer than you will in your sissy ass truck biotch

Cargo racks are the way to go.

I've got a 98 Cherokee XJ with 4" lift and 31 x 10.50 mud tires. Before that I had a 99 Cherokee XJ with stock sized mud tires. It's the best way to go. Having a 5x8 trailer is a must for when you really need to haul some stuff

Years ago I pulled up the processor in a 1997 Maxima. They thought I was there to pickup and order until I popped the trunk and said "one of you girls going to come help me with this big 6?" They about died laughing but helped me unload him.

I nearly spit my drink just then!!!

I made a joke about those hitch racks on Facebook a while back and boy I got roasted over that!!! Dang, y'all sensitive!

LOL! I reckon I bit at that bait!

Sounds like my jeep. I love that thing ill take it wherever a four wheeler goes and I can keep all my hunting stuff in it for every season. I know mine gets the shucks ran out of it but it is tough

Dodge Durango.

I hunt out of a 2005 Chevrolet Suburban Z71 4x4. I let the back seat down to allow for even more room for all my crap I don't want in the weather. I always have my fourwheeler trailer and fourwheeler so the deer goes there if and when I kill one.

S10 blazer with 30x950 mudders and go into some pretty rough places. All the standard gear just stays in it and we're ready to go. Every time I go it's with my wife and a couple kids so all that stuff would be a pain to load and unload.