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Just curious.
What hunting rig does everyone use?
I like my feet when ever I can, but my ankle problems have sure slowed me down the past few years.
I have a 8x8 argo I use to get me and all my gear into my cabin. Once I'm there though, I don't use it for anything other than firewood and things like that. I still like to walk when I can.
Bear is either this:
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Or:
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Or sometimes this:
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Deer, turkey and small game is on foot unless it gets hairy than it is:
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Thanks for starting something actually hunting related. Nice to distract from the real world for a bit.
Species, you've just reaffirmed the adage that " YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY TOYS!"
As per my Avatar . Poor man’s atv
90% of my hunting is on foot, there just something about sneaking your way through the woods in search of quarry.
If I need to get way back, my old ATV still carries me. She ain't pretty but she goes. We call her the chubby one, fun as heck but your friends will laugh if they see you on her.
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mine are a pair of muck boots :)
1. 80% Shoe leather express.
2. 10% Canoe or jon boat
3. 10% Cub Cadet Challenger 500 SXS UTV.
2010 Matrix and some Kamik boots.
Renting 4x4 for moose hunting(actually a sweet deal if 3 guys share the cost -AND no need for 365-24/7 4x4 in the house).....LaCrosse rubber boots...a mid aged Nissan.
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05 Suzuki Kingquad when something needs a ride
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For bear baiting, it's our boots and the wagons
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and this year i found a deal on a diesel Kubota RTV that's been quite handy on the farm. May find ways to utilize it next deer season
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Hi Jeff..this is my basic set-up. I have about 400 acres here to hunt and that gets me into most off it. Whether hauling in tree stands or hauling out kill it works great. Light enough to be able to lift the back end out of deep ruts and with that Otter sled, it floats so it's easy to haul across swampy areas etc.Quote:
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I also have a small 3'x4' wheeled trailer that handles great back there during the summer months. It's small enough I can still pull it out of tough spots by hand if need be.
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edit add: I use the Big Red to head out back to hunt. I have a few 'bays' along the way that I can back this into and head the rest of the way in on foot. I usually don't go closer than 300 yrds to where I hunt. I also leave the recovery sled back in the bush during hunting season so if I need it I don't have to come all the way back to the farm to get it.
2007 Honda 350TRX and Kodiak boots. ATV gets me into the area,boots put meat in the freezer.
Nice toys boys.......a well needed distraction. Always wanted a quad but could never justify buying one - yet!
All my hunting (turkey, deer, bunny and coyote) is done on foot. The longest walk from my truck to where I hunt on any of one of my farms is about 1.2kms (my prime turkey killing grounds). Our tree stands (11 of them) vary in distance, with the closest one being about 250 meters, and the longest being about 850 meters from where we park our trucks.
Now we have access to a quad/trailer to maintain our set-ups - distributing salt licks, hauling chain saw for clearing shooting lanes, setting up blinds, ect. The land owner uses his John Deer and a bush hog to clear trails in the the bush to get in and out of the stands easily and quietly. When a deer is down we only need to drag it to he closest trail where we can zip by with a quad and trailer to pick it up and take it to the barn for skinning.
Riding the chubby one is much better than walking.Quote:
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Here's my 2017 sierra. My old man calls it the dead stock truck haha.
I'm lucky I didnt have forensics team out investigating my truck. Real mild day had it parked at work, all winters worth of blood was leaking out. This is in Mississauga lolhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...10ba83444a.jpg
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Police why is there blood dripping from your truck
Songdog neighbour sneezed on me last night
Oh we know how this is going to go
Looks like mine....a little bit of blood sure spreads out lots in the slush !!!Quote:
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My neighbours have grown to accept it !! Lol
My rig is a 2003 Argo Bigfoot. It’s used for ice fishing( except this year), and pulling out moose. I got it the year after we flipped a bike over backwards, pulling a big bull. No worries now !
Arctic Cat atv and small trailer for baiting and retrieving game. Hiking boots to metal roof plywood ground blinds to get meat.
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Honda foreman and the otter sled for retrieval. Everyone walks for hunting season unless they have a medical/age issue.
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We don't have a camp to go to, so we move camp as we hunt, then walk a lot.
Kayaks and maybe MTB.
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If you get your timing right you can slide out of the door, load a shell as you walk out in front, shoot the chicken, pick it up and wait for the truck to catch up...
She'll go a lot slower then that.
My hunting quad. 98 king quad 300. Been lots of blood on it too lol.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5a5b9e0b7b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ebeceff10d.jpg
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At first just from the pic I thought you found my whittie spot looks about the same some times just an absolute blood bath lol.Quote:
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Sled for ice fishing and sledding, ATV for hunting and plowing snow (not this winter)https://i.imgur.com/LKYmRtC.jpg
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The snow and bear picture is at hunt camp at Burks Falls, the sled picture is Algonquin Park this past Feb
Added one more picture from my deer hunt on Manitoulin Island in the fall of 2018, a small 4 pointer
Typically use the sled for ice fishing but this past year actually had enough snow for part of November to use it during deer season:Quote:
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A few more in use:
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Great stuff everyone
If you just click on BBCode on your pic in imgur it will copy the pic, then just right click and paste in your post here.Quote:
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Mostly just for finding sheds. $2500/tire so hopefully I don’t find any this year
2019 jeep, 8x10 trailer, 1995 honda ATV. Jeep and trailer get me to bush. Quad is used to get me to the area then walk rest of way. For deer quad sits on trailer until i get deer. Turkey I have almost a mile walk before the bush so I take quad to few hundred yards away then walk around. Also use quad for wild grape gathering.
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thanks
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Lets face it species is the king of the toys, or is he....lol
Me and the little misses bought this bad boy last Oct. Twin V6 Mercs
You still hold the crown specieshttps://i.imgur.com/JY2eNSe.jpg
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I have my 2005 Dodge Ram, 2001 Suzuki ATV a canoe and an old Sears 12 ft tinner with a Ted Williams outboard.
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Awesome truck, ATV and tinner. Looks like a great trip greatwhite
Mostly walk but have the UTV available to bring gear and game in and out.
All depends on how deep in the bush I an heading for my setup.
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Awesome UTV, I love the topper
I have a F150, honda 420 Rancher, an old
Abitibi canoe and a pair of Lacrosse irrigation hip length rubber boots to get me way back there
A ram 1500 and a pair of elk trackers have been doing me well so far.
I'd really like to add a quad or a SxS to the mix, but I spend way too much money on hunting gear and guns to justify it.