What’s everyone use for road hunting truck?

[Andy92]

What’s everyone use for daily driver and hunting truck? I also go quading and camping in summer, I’m too indecisive on my next truck, I used to have a 2011 Ford F-150 fx4 but the box was too small and have the big center console with bucket seats was a pain to store the gun, I been to some dealers, I like the Toyota Toyota Tacoma for reliability and all the aftermarket options but I’m not sure if that would be to small or not and cannot get it with a bench seat? The base model Ford F-150 the XLT can have full 4 doors and 6’5 box with bench seat but I’m always thinking about the reliability, been to Gmc the can almost accomplish everything except having the full 4 doors with the 6’5 box. Let me know some opinions thanks in advance!

[Triggerfish]

I have a 14 1500 Laramie and the center console lifts up for a full bench

[buckman]

Buy a Chevy in the most basic unit you can find.I don't need or want all the bells and whistles in a hunting truck. I have one in club cab 6.5 box.
Front bench seat, its an awesome truck.

[sako1]

Preferably a truck with very large mirrors

[TAK Precision]

Originally Posted by sako1

Preferably a truck with very large mirrors

Gives a nice rest out the window...

Lol sorry I had too.

[wind drift]

Everyone has their own!

[Dubious]

Originally Posted by TAK Precision

Gives a nice rest out the window...

Lol sorry I had too.

Make sure there power folding that way you get more angles to rest off of for those tuff shots.

Heated and cooled seats are a must for the inclement weather of the cab of the truck you don’t want to be heat or cold fatigued as your shooting that trophy hybrid doe off the transatlalta road with a line up of 6 trucks behind you.

[BorealBucks]

Originally Posted by Andy92

What’s everyone use for daily driver and hunting truck? I also go quading and camping in summer, I’m too indecisive on my next truck, I used to have a 2011 Ford F-150 fx4 but the box was too small and have the big center console with bucket seats was a pain to store the gun, I been to some dealers, I like the Toyota Toyota Tacoma for reliability and all the aftermarket options but I’m not sure if that would be to small or not and cannot get it with a bench seat? The base model Ford F-150 the XLT can have full 4 doors and 6’5 box with bench seat but I’m always thinking about the reliability, been to Gmc the can almost accomplish everything except having the full 4 doors with the 6’5 box. Let me know some opinions thanks in advance!

GMC and Chevy do offer crew cabs with 6.5 boxes in their 1500 models, less common but they are out there.

5.5ft box trucks arent trucks theyre grocery getters.

[Lefty-Canuck]

No one “road hunts” here... you must be new.

LC

[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

No one “road hunts” here... you must be new.

LC

For Road Hunting, a stolen unit is your best bet. Apparently easy to do and cuts down on the cost.

Grizz

[Battle Rat]

The ones with an Oilers sticker and a snorkel kit seem to be pretty popular.

[dfrobert]

2007 Duramax. Can come to full draw out my window to fill all my mule doe tags.

[KazIce]

This thread has me dying lolololol

I’m surprised nobody mentioned a big sunroof. Screw shooting out the window; you can setup a mobile roof blind and shoot in every direction.

Also another couple of good features are the James Bond switching license plate and oil slick release to lose any “problems” that follow you around.

[marky_mark]

These are handy

https://www.equifixshootingbags.co.u...ndow-rest-bag/

[Roamer]

Originally Posted by KazIce

This thread has me dying lolololol

I’m surprised nobody mentioned a big sunroof. Screw shooting out the window; you can setup a mobile roof blind and shoot in every direction.

Also another couple of good features are the James Bond switching license plate and oil slick release to lose any “problems” that follow you around.

I may or may not know a guy that had an old Chevy Blazer with a removable sunroof that used it for doing exactly that in heavily infested gopher pastures.... The 360 degree shooting could prove handy... Haha

[jayquiver]

Originally Posted by Andy92

What’s everyone use for daily driver and hunting truck? I also go quading and camping in summer, I’m too indecisive on my next truck, I used to have a 2011 Ford F-150 fx4 but the box was too small and have the big center console with bucket seats was a pain to store the gun, I been to some dealers, I like the Toyota Toyota Tacoma for reliability and all the aftermarket options but I’m not sure if that would be to small or not and cannot get it with a bench seat? The base model Ford F-150 the XLT can have full 4 doors and 6’5 box with bench seat but I’m always thinking about the reliability, been to Gmc the can almost accomplish everything except having the full 4 doors with the 6’5 box. Let me know some opinions thanks in advance!

...It seems some of the members are having a little fun at your expense. Maybe its the fact that you only have 4 Posts or maybe its the fact that you have really thought out your pro/con list for truck hunting attributes, impressive I might add.
Some comments are quite funny, but I wouldn't take it personally.

I would go with a Toyota Tacoma with 4 doors and a 6ft box, as both your daily and hunting truck. It can get you to some good trail heads with confidence. With the money you save on gas you can buy a nice pair of boots to access the better hunting spots.

Welcome to the Outdoorsmen Forum

[curtz]

I use my f 350 if I have someone with me, if I'm myself I like my tacoma. It can get a lot of places where a full size can't.

[EZM]

Racken Rest ............choice of expert poachers all over the world for over 20 years ..... you can also get a light kit to mount to it for those dark nights when "hunting" deer in farmer's fields.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rs10M4b1iY

[CptnBlues63]

Originally Posted by Andy92

What’s everyone use for daily driver and hunting truck? I also go quading and camping in summer, I’m too indecisive on my next truck, I used to have a 2011 Ford F-150 fx4 but the box was too small and have the big center console with bucket seats was a pain to store the gun, I been to some dealers, I like the Toyota Toyota Tacoma for reliability and all the aftermarket options but I’m not sure if that would be to small or not and cannot get it with a bench seat? The base model Ford F-150 the XLT can have full 4 doors and 6’5 box with bench seat but I’m always thinking about the reliability, been to Gmc the can almost accomplish everything except having the full 4 doors with the 6’5 box. Let me know some opinions thanks in advance!

I have a 2013 F150 Lariat I use for everything. It has the 6' box. I have a 40" x 72" - 3/4" thick piece of treated plywood (was from a wooden box liner) I use for a ramp and a headache rack with a 2500 lb quad winch I can drop into the pockets at the front of the box for cranking moose and elk into the back. Works like a darn and I can remove it just as easily. I have a cap that sits on the truck the other 11 months of the year.

As for guns and the center console, I bought one of these for gun storage while hunting:

https://riflecaddy.com/products/rifle-caddy/

and it works quite well. It, and the gun(s) sit on top of the console. I quite like it and consider it a good investment.

We ordered this truck new in 2013 and I've put over 160,000 km's on it. A lot of that pulling a 24' trailer all over the pacific northwest and AB/SK/BC with no real issues to speak of. It's been extremely reliable.