Using Small Car For Hunting

BigUglyMan said:
Subaru has a history of being anti-hunting.
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Aw #### now I can't buy it. I refuse to buy it. Throw it in the garbage. Guess we will look at the Mistubishi RVR instead.

As for putting game on the roof, I would properly wrap and tie it in game bag and then tarp if I were to put it on the roof. It also wouldn't be the whole animal either. If it was a moose it would be a leg or two.
 
Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
Aw #### now I can't buy it. I refuse to buy it. Throw it in the garbage. Guess we will look at the Mistubishi RVR instead.

As for putting game on the roof, I would properly wrap and tie it in game bag and then tarp if I were to put it on the roof. It also wouldn't be the whole animal either. If it was a moose it would be a leg or two.
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I had a 2.5 Sport Impreza wagon for a few years and loved it, never went "off road" but did some rough roads with it. As long as I respected the ground clearance and the fact I had road all season tires on it I never had any issues. Thehatch makes for a lot of room inside. I also had an '09 Ralliart (turbo, AWD) and that thing was a beast for a sport sedan when it came to snow/muddy roads. Once again it came down to the ground clearance for the most part. The Crosstrek has much better clearance so it should be fine stock for reasonable conditions, particularly if paired with a light weight M+S tire.

I recently had to trade my truck or better mileage (girlfriend lives 3 hours away) so I went with a Hyundai Kona to keep the AWD for rough roads, and still have something with room inside on the off chance I actually manage to be successful at hunting...
 
I used to use my manual, 1.0L Geo metro for hunting... and just about everything really. It was small and light with three KC lights mounted on the front. It would fit on all the quad trails and across all the quad bridges with ease. It had really narrow tires that cut through mud and snow very easily (upwards of 10-12”). I could usually straddle the big ruts or drive around most obstacles. I would get a lot of funny looks when I showed up miles in the bush where guys were running OHV’s! I of course didn’t worry about scrapes/body damage at all and ended up jumping it a couple times to get out of areas I couldn’t get out of otherwise. I stuffed deer in the back without any issue and even tried for moose in it (unsuccessfully). I managed to fit (cantilevered, hanging out) a 350LB gun safe in the back hatch as well as canoes/kayaks on the roof (different times). The most weight I ever carried was four guys in it including myself (300+lbs, 220Lbs, 230Lbs, 175Lbs for a total of around 925LBS!), this led to my confidence in using it for moose hunting.
 
Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
Aw #### now I can't buy it. I refuse to buy it. Throw it in the garbage. Guess we will look at the Mistubishi RVR instead.

As for putting game on the roof, I would properly wrap and tie it in game bag and then tarp if I were to put it on the roof. It also wouldn't be the whole animal either. If it was a moose it would be a leg or two.
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Wrong. Get a Subaru, use it for hunting. Take pictures, include them with messages to Subaru telling them you love the car, it's great for hunting. Post those pictures everywhere you can online for other Subaru owners to see. Especially ones who are anti-hunting.
 
Nashville said:
I used to use my manual, 1.0L Geo metro for hunting... and just about everything really. It was small and light with three KC lights mounted on the front. It would fit on all the quad trails and across all the quad bridges with ease. It had really narrow tires that cut through mud and snow very easily (upwards of 10-12”). I could usually straddle the big ruts or drive around most obstacles. I would get a lot of funny looks when I showed up miles in the bush where guys were running OHV’s! I of course didn’t worry about scrapes/body damage at all and ended up jumping it a couple times to get out of areas I couldn’t get out of otherwise. I stuffed deer in the back without any issue and even tried for moose in it (unsuccessfully). I managed to fit (cantilevered, hanging out) a 350LB gun safe in the back hatch as well as canoes/kayaks on the roof (different times). The most weight I ever carried was four guys in it including myself (300+lbs, 220Lbs, 230Lbs, 175Lbs for a total of around 925LBS!), this led to my confidence in using it for moose hunting.
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It's more often space than weight that's the constraint. See post no. 73. A sunroof helps.
 
first year in quebec close to quebec city we ve seen a cow moose on a car it was little car and the moose was gutted and the legs were against each door windows wit a lot of blood ...
 
My first archery deer went in the trunk of a '99 Corolla. It was a 3x3 buck and was no monster, but it was still a bit of a challenge to get it in there by myself.
 
Bull moose in the backseat of a 72 Datsun 510 4 door.Hind legs out the window.Rear wheel drive .....great traction on the clay lease roads getting out.Funny looks on the highway.
 
Trailer hitch and a small utility trailer will bring home lots of meat. One time I had to stuff a big whitetail buck in a 2-door civic trunk back. Put down the seats wrapped in a tarp, his antlers made it hard to shift but i was able to close the trunk
 
ratherbefishin said:
I have an old beat up Tracker that we took off the road,runs fine and has 4wd but not worth much. I think I will put a set of aggressive tread on it ,maybe lift it if it’s not too complicated and use it as a hunting vehicle.I might even give it a spray can camo paint job,It would be a fraction of the cost of buying a side by side quad.You don’t have to spend a ton of money if you don’t care about looks..
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If you really want it to be capable, look into some SxS tires for it. They make them in 15" wheel sizes, and if it's for exclusively off road use, they are far more aggressive than any road legal tire you can find!
 
I gave a whitetail to a friend , as I already had an elk in the freezer, and his freezer was empty. He showed up with a small Kia expecting to put it in the trunk. It had been hanging a few days, and there is no way that it would fit, so we started by cutting off legs, and then ended up cutting the carcass in half. A small deer will fit in a small trunk, but bigger game is another situation altogether. I downsized from a Tundra to a Tacoma, and that is a huge change for me, I have had two moose in the Tundra, but it will be tight with the Tacoma, as well as pushing the weight limit, so hopefully, wedon't kill two moose or elk at once.
 
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