......Got to have 4x4

Good post ADC.
IowaTrapper (1,000 coon a season guy on here occasionally) traps out of a Chevy full size 4x4 pickup.
Soft road sides in mud, or icy and snow conditions, the 4x4 is important.
Make sure the cargo space is sufficient for gear and catches.
Get in good shape too if you are not already in good shape physically.
In and out of the truck, up and down ditches and steep banks and culverts, and doing so in a timely manner…you want to be in decent physical shape too.
Jim

I got to have my 4x4 when I need it.Going to happen.Driving in the woods,slippery conditions,winter time and snow.

Smart

I will say, ya couldn’t do that in a Subaru!

Now that is funny! Good one ADC

Mac

Absolutely get 4wd.

ADC I like that platform to keep the catch up off the bed. Ya I will get 4wd I thought a camper shell that has side access or some side toolboxes like those on a flatbed truck could be handy. I know they are heavy but a utility bed I always thought would be nice. Great way to keep stuff organized and at the ready.
Probably his last check of the season today. We have a big snow storm coming in. Had a nice boar coon he’s going to pull his muskrat sets after school

Here’s mine!! Just kidding. I use a 3/4 ton 4x4. Full size truck. The mpg sucks but, if you load down a small truck. The mpg would be about the same! Plus I have more room for equipment and fur. Just something to consider.

How many traps are you running? You can fit a whole lotta traps and coons in the trunck and back seat of a tiny car like a honda civic or toyota camry. You can pick one up a high mileage one for less than $2k off of facebook marketplace, and the 30+mpg gas mileage will be a lot better than the 20mpg you'll be lucky to get in a truck. And when it's totally clapped out, you can sell it again to some high school kid for $1500.

Don’t count the ol Buick out!

mines a clapped out Chinese fourwheeler with a laundry basket glued to the back

See if Smash wants to sell hers!

You mean one of these with a 3.4 V6 great row trapping truck for iowa easy to work out of and very reliable

Yep, great trucks! I'd love to find a 4wd one. I trap a lot of private ground that requires 4x4

Hard to find those trucks in the single cab long bed configuration with 4x4. Easy to find them 2wd

4x4 a must here.

wws

I agree that a Civic or Camry are dependable, but would suck to trap out of. No ground clearance and would get stuck a lot. And I'm not driving a car with 40 wet, muddy, stinking coons in the backseat!

With amount of fleas our MO critters have, there is no way I’d have them in the cabin of a vehicle. Our county roads on a day like today would require 4x4 if you pull off into the ditch any at all.