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'Fess Up, Who Hunts out of a Prius?

I just cant do it Nut Not ever once have i seen a little bitty car on a tore up road on a WMA have i thought Redneck Always thought What the Hell is he doing in here? But i gotta tell I thought I had ya figured as one of the good Ol Boys till you started talkin about that ManBun Now if you show up full on Mullet I will gladly up your status LOL Atleast now the next time i see somebody stuck in one of them things on Barbour Coounty I will know who i am gonna hook a chain too
 
Just thought I’d share a scouting mission from a few years back, got cocky drove the cornfield about a half mile in to where AWD could not save me. But at this level of stupidity not sure a truck woulda made it either.
 

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NMSbowhunter said:
After market skid plate? :)
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My first Prius, I am going down the interstate behind a pickup truck doing about 65. There was a brand-new pitchfork in the road. The pickup went over it. I did not see the pitchfork until it was too late. It got stuck in the plastic underlier under the engine. Peeled it back folding it in half. I had to crawl under and cut 1/2 of it off.
When they say no ground clearance, they mean it.
 
Buckhole75 said:
I just cant do it Nut Not ever once have i seen a little bitty car on a tore up road on a WMA have i thought Redneck Always thought What the Hell is he doing in here? But i gotta tell I thought I had ya figured as one of the good Ol Boys till you started talkin about that ManBun Now if you show up full on Mullet I will gladly up your status LOL Atleast now the next time i see somebody stuck in one of them things on Barbour Coounty I will know who i am gonna hook a chain too
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Barbour County is another story. I went up there a few years back during a rainy spell. I've never seen anything like it. 500 hunters checked in and every gate on the place wode open. 4 wheelers running everywhere. The roads were the worst I'd ever seen.

I was in a 2 wheel blazer with street tires. Ended up killing 2 hogs (one a real stud), finding 2 nice sheds, and missing a nice 8 by a millisecond. Still hurts.

All maybe a quarter mile off the blacktop I was pulled over on.
 
my prius predated my hunting days, but it was my second favorite vehicle (front runner is my tacoma). i treated it like a truck and regularly loaded it down from the hardware store - you can for 8' lumber inside with the hatch closed, permanently installed a roof rach and hauled my jon boat on the roof, they're great vehicles. i beat on it and it didn't quit. when i sold it with like 165k miles, mechanic told me it was the only time he'd seen the rear ride height sensors broken on a prius, likely from the time i had about 1500 lbs of concrete and rock in it, it survived. they're on my short list of used vehicles to consider when my kids need cars in a decade or so.

the ride height is a limiting factor, but honestly it's not really different from any other sedan, i went offroading in a convertible PT cruiser (rental) once, it's all about mindset, not ride height lol
 
MattMan81 said:
Can you clarify. Do you all ready own 2 cars? Or replacing the second? I have been down this thought process several times. But ultimately I have bought nothing. Reasons.
Newer car is a car payment. Unless your buying out right, you will have increased insurance, (can't speak to AL car insurance. Mi Sucks). So you have to be driving enough to off set the cost of more insurance, interest rate if you finance, the cost of the new car, plus hybrid batteries are not cheap if they need replacing. Also uncertainty of used car hidden problems. So I always add up how many miles I plan to drive it. Factor I will have to purchase some gas either way. So at what point am I saving money? How many miles do I have to drive?
That my scenario i go thru for trying to save money on gas. I can't get there when I still have a functional car.
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This guy gets it! I’m a LO and I get that question all the time. By the time you paying for everything (the car itself, financing, insurance, repairs) have you really saved any money. Plus it’s a depreciating asset. Not worth it in my opinion.
 
Find one of them prius cars with a lift and a set of grip spurs under it and I might start getting interested.
 
Nutterbuster said:
Buying a gently-used 32mpg four-banger has been one of the smarter moves I've made as a hunter. Driving 2-5 hours away to better hunting grounds cheaply is worth more than a truck bed, towing capacity, and off-roading capability.

The wife and I are debating a 2nd car to replace my 270k mile 97 GMC that gets 15ish mpg on a good day. I've strongly been considering an electric/gas hybrid. Probably not a Prius just because they're so small, but I have driven and liked Camries and Corollas and Toyota now makes hybrid versions. I'm leaning towards a Toyota solely because of good prior experience with their non-electric models, and my understanding that they were the first to make a mass-produced hybrid vehicle that has a pretty good track record. But I'm open to suggestions.

I know I can hunt out of a car. I've killed a fair amount of deer and pigs out of a Corolla and my wife's "1st love," a white 2-door v6 Mustang. I'm curious to see how many saddlehunters here have experience with hybrids; specifically their experience with using them as vehicles for hunting.
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my dad uses a prius sometimes when the tundra is occupado. We can fit his climber, all my gear, and 1 big slickhead in there no problem. honestly, by chance never had to throw a mature buck in there...id imagine it would be a challenge but 100% doable. Ive read through a lot of your posts over the years and it sounds like 125-130in is a mature buck down there so i think you'd be fine. If you take it to Iowa, throw em on the hood and drive back to the swamp struttin. The hatchback gives you more room than youd think. I know im always impressed at what we can fit in there. Avg mpg for 90k miles is a whopping 53mpg. pretty dang good. as long as youre not rippin it like #3, it really saves you a lot of money. its a 2016 model if that matters
 
Lol your fuel economy inthat thing might get you back in the teens, while I'd said they were great for hauling things and fuel economy, not at the same time. And it's surprising how much aerodynamics factor in, I ran out of gas in my Prius once because I had bikes on the roof rack and was not paying attention and was an idiot.
 
In the used market or when they get old the batteries go bad. You can save some money and replace bad cells but it’s a bunch of messing around to get them all synced up according to my buddy that did it.
 
I don't have any experience with the hybrid but I have a Toyota Rav4 that is AWD that I take hunting. Pretty good on gas and it will will plow through snow / mud just as good as my F-150. Plus with the back seat folded down you have plenty of room to pack all your gear and throw a few deer in it. I beleive the new rav4 hybrids get close to 40 MPG.
 
Wirrex said:
In the used market or when they get old the batteries go bad. You can save some money and replace bad cells but it’s a bunch of messing around to get them all synced up according to my buddy that did it.
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Not worth the headache if youve never worked on em before and you dont have anyone around who has already. We scooped one up at auction and ended up scrapping it. Like trying to read chinese with your eyes closed.
 
PEEJAY said:
Not worth the headache if youve never worked on em before and you dont have anyone around who has already. We scooped one up at auction and ended up scrapping it. Like trying to read chinese with your eyes closed.
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I know he was complaining about the job for a while. It didn’t sound fun.
 
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