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<blockquote data-quote="VinceMule" data-source="post: 3052108" data-attributes="member: 122164"><p>I have always had 8' beds on my trucks. I have had to travel a distance, hauling a lot of equipment, ice boxes, gun cabinets, ammo, tools, and spare parts. Having enough bed space to put enough coolers in for two elk is a plus. IN the Crew Cab long beds, I took out the back seat and made a large storage box that was removable. One removable box was set up with 2" insulation for use with Dry Ice, storing frozen food for 12-hour+ week-long trips below the USA/Mexican border.</p><p></p><p>The terrain you hunt in can surely vary, and I would buy a truck for terrain issues and the ability to haul the necessary equipment you will need on various length trips you take. Parking lot considerations are not high on my list as I am not wanting a "street" truck.</p><p></p><p>When I lived in Arizona, my predator-calling truck was an '83 Toyota 4WD long bed with a camper shell. I sure learned the value of having the necessary tools to repair flat tires and having extra tires with proper off-road jack.</p><p></p><p>A hunting partner here in the South has a tiny Isuzu Trooper 4WD. A chicken farmer that let him hunt was having trouble with coyotes and he wanted me to come and show him how to call in coyotes, it was the last day of Deer season. We set up in a corner of a field, with pastures 360* around us, back to back. About 7 minutes into the stand, he whispered, "Don't move". I had called in a large buck with the Weems Duo Tone Wild call. He shot the buck, nice 180 lbs. Well, that Trooper vehicle had zero room to put the buck, so we sat him up in the back seat and put a seat belt on him to keep him upright with his horns hard against the roof to keep him upright. I stuck his tongue back in his mouth. We decided to go through the McDonald's drive-through for lunch. I told the girl when we ordered at the drive-through that my deer was thirsty, and I wanted two Large cups of water for my deer. As we approached the window to pay, all the employees gathered in the window to see our pet deer! The girls wanted to come out and pet our deer, but I told them he was getting nervous around strangers and we needed to go.</p><p>We had one heck of a good time, and the kids never caught on. The moral of the story, always have enough truck bed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VinceMule, post: 3052108, member: 122164"] I have always had 8' beds on my trucks. I have had to travel a distance, hauling a lot of equipment, ice boxes, gun cabinets, ammo, tools, and spare parts. Having enough bed space to put enough coolers in for two elk is a plus. IN the Crew Cab long beds, I took out the back seat and made a large storage box that was removable. One removable box was set up with 2" insulation for use with Dry Ice, storing frozen food for 12-hour+ week-long trips below the USA/Mexican border. The terrain you hunt in can surely vary, and I would buy a truck for terrain issues and the ability to haul the necessary equipment you will need on various length trips you take. Parking lot considerations are not high on my list as I am not wanting a "street" truck. When I lived in Arizona, my predator-calling truck was an '83 Toyota 4WD long bed with a camper shell. I sure learned the value of having the necessary tools to repair flat tires and having extra tires with proper off-road jack. A hunting partner here in the South has a tiny Isuzu Trooper 4WD. A chicken farmer that let him hunt was having trouble with coyotes and he wanted me to come and show him how to call in coyotes, it was the last day of Deer season. We set up in a corner of a field, with pastures 360* around us, back to back. About 7 minutes into the stand, he whispered, "Don't move". I had called in a large buck with the Weems Duo Tone Wild call. He shot the buck, nice 180 lbs. Well, that Trooper vehicle had zero room to put the buck, so we sat him up in the back seat and put a seat belt on him to keep him upright with his horns hard against the roof to keep him upright. I stuck his tongue back in his mouth. We decided to go through the McDonald's drive-through for lunch. I told the girl when we ordered at the drive-through that my deer was thirsty, and I wanted two Large cups of water for my deer. As we approached the window to pay, all the employees gathered in the window to see our pet deer! The girls wanted to come out and pet our deer, but I told them he was getting nervous around strangers and we needed to go. We had one heck of a good time, and the kids never caught on. The moral of the story, always have enough truck bed. [/QUOTE]
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