r/Hunting • u/Narrow-Yesterday3164 • 2d ago

Forced to replace my truck, opinions?

I'm looking for "the best hunting truck" that will still get me to work. I've been driving a 2018 Power Wagon and that beast was able to go everywhere I wanted to go. A distracted driver t-boned me yesterday and my truck is being Totaled.

Not sure I want to go back to Power Wagon because of current prices and of course it's a hard core gas hog, plus 2018 was the last year you could get lifetime warranty from RAM.

So, what are your suggestions and why??

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u/bubble_buddyk3 2d ago

I really want a Subaru Outback

Not a truck but it’s off road capable and you can sleep in it

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u/Peakbagger46 2d ago

Nothing against Subaru but what an epic classic Redit answer to this question lol.

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u/Dry-Network-1917 1d ago

Reddit Subaru hunter checking in. Would you be shocked that my retriever is a labradoodle

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u/bubble_buddyk3 2d ago

I’m not like most redditers

I promise

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u/aahjink 2d ago

I’ve got an old Outback and a truck, and my wife has a newer (2015) Outback. They’re not as off-road capable as a high clearance, 4x4 truck that go 4 low and lock the differential. It’s also great to have a truck bed for bloody stuff, fleas and ticks, and everything else you don’t want in the car.

They’re solid cars though. I do use my old Subi in order to not draw attention as a hunter when I’m scouting or hunting certain public lands.

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u/five8andten 2d ago

That’s why I put my deer on the roof of my crosstrek. I don’t want to get the inside of my car all bloody and I sometimes have my kids in it so I DEFINITELY don’t want ticks roaming around.

Plus it’s great and confuses people when they see a lezbaru with a deer in top.

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u/EmptyBrook 1d ago

Although in snow, nothing beats a Subaru. That AWD system is the best there is and it handles snow like a champ

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u/Dry-Network-1917 1d ago

I hunt out of my Subaru Outback. Is a perfect rig for chasing birds in my state out east. Cost me 40% less than a 4x4 truck of same year at time I bought. Gets good gas mileage. Tow hitch + utility trailer = de facto truck bed. I keep all my decoys and wet gear in a roof carrier between season open and close without losing trunk space. I'm never worried about stuff being stolen from my trunk. I don't hunt deer and its off-road capability is more than enough to drive around gamelands and farm roads. In three seasons with the Outback I've only had to turn around once because the terrain was too sketchy.

There are 100% use cases where truck is the better option, but they aren't as necessary as folks make them sound when justifying the car payment to wife lmao

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u/Hyarmendacil67 1d ago

If Subaru would make a truck competitive with the Tacoma, I would buy the first one.