Outdoors thread

[huskermack]

@huskermack please ignore @Jim14510 and tell us more about the van


My Dad is already planning a trip to Yellowstone that won’t happen at least for 3 years.

I’m thinking about renting a tricked out sprinter van for the trip. (Cuz I don’t want to drive a RV in the mountains and on cluster fuck Yellowstone tourist traffic jams)

What are your experiences with it?


PS: we would only be using it to drive there, no way in hell my wife would camp, that bitch already loves the Lake Hotel in Yellowstone and we for sure will be staying there likely the entire trip. (RIP my money)

Our van is a 2006 Sportsmobile E350 conversion.
It has Dynatrac Dana 60 front axles and an Atlas II transfer case.

Sportsmobile uses leaf springs in the front as opposed to Quigley’s use of coils. Most who’ve driven both prefer the leafs.

The pop top has a bed up there and there’s another below - the bench seat folds down.

We have a little fridge, propane heat, a propane water-heater, and 10 gallons of fresh water. That’s not much so we carry 6-12 gallons with us.

My wife and two daughters (7 and 9) can pretty much live in it indefinitely. It’s crowded at times, but we’re usually only in there to sleep.

The sprinter vans have pros and cons.

One con for me is they can’t tow as well as our Ford. We had the 6.0 woes, but now that it’s bulletproofed, I can tow about anything I want.

The pros? Gas mileage. I’ve heard of folks getting 22mpg with the little diesel in the sprinter. I get about 15 towing and 10 or so driving around town.

Either van type are selling for ridiculous prices.
We have put a bunch of miles on ours and could probably sell it for $30-40k more than we paid for it.

 

[Jim14510]

Ftr I think it looks sweet. Just not sure it qualifies as a van.

 

[#HBD]

Cruised through my FILs deer hunting properties in rural SE Kansas(Near Toronto & Fredonia/Coyville) yesterday. Getting all jacked off to shoot a monster cum November. 🦌 🏹

@lee_carvallo_12 — I’d like to post his “no trespassing” sign aimed at the local game warden, our beloved brothers here would get a kick out of it!

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

Cruised through my FILs deer hunting properties in rural SE Kansas(Near Toronto & Fredonia/Coyville) yesterday. Getting all jacked off to shoot a monster cum November. 🦌 🏹

@lee_carvallo_12 — I’d like to post his “no trespassing” sign aimed at the local game warden, our beloved brothers here would get a kick out of it!

Agreed.

 

[#HBD]

Agreed.

May have to photoshop out the names. He told me last night, the neighbors think he’s the hero of the county for forcing that crooked warden into early retirement. 😂

 

[God is a Husker]

My Dad just sent us a video… he hijacked my son’s little baby pool.

Grandma furious, my wife is disgusted.

My 2 year old son loves it and thinks it’s hilarious.

He is full on Ozark life

 

[God is a Husker]

@BushAK come home and dunk on these rookies

 

[BushAK]

@BushAK come home and dunk on these rookies

Funny enough I was out last weekend on the Snake. The truly big ones escaped me though.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

It’s that time of year again….I love watching these boys grow! I found both sheds off of him from last year.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

 

[Black5hirt]

On a Canadian fishing trip with dad and having a blast.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

@#HBD putting in yeoman’s work building a hunting cabin with his FIL with his bare hands. Maybe he’ll post picks if you ax nice.

 

[God is a Husker]

@#HBD putting in yeoman’s work building a hunting cabin with his FIL with his bare hands. Maybe he’ll post picks if you ax nice.

@#HBD

 

[#HBD]

@#HBD putting in yeoman’s work building a hunting cabin with his FIL with his bare hands. Maybe he’ll post picks if you ax nice.

@#HBD

Framing done in a single day…pretty cool little “shed” as my FIL calls it. BFE southeast KS.

He convinced some old lady to sell him this 1.5 acre property to build on… water, electric, septic, etc.

It’s 2.5 miles from one of his hunting properties and 15 miles or so from the other. Should be some incredible hunting trips moving forward.

 

[dsbigred1]

Hopefully we can track down one of these boys after 10/1…

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

Hopefully we can track down one of these boys after 10/1…
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What a beast. Go get’em

Idaho just whooped my ass. I got on a few nice bucks but I’m more used to high country where the tree density was less and I could do a more classic spot and stalk with my bow. Out by Idaho falls it was 8,000-9,000 foot elevation and there was just soooo much timber they were holding in it made spot and stalk impossible.

Here’s some pics of the country. Would be a sweet place for an elk tag though, I saw over 100 elk in the 6 days I was backpacking out there.






Excited to get after some teal and give my legs a bit to recover

 

[dsbigred1]

What a beast. Go get’em

Idaho just whooped my ass. I got on a few nice bucks but I’m more used to high country where the tree density was less and I could do a more classic spot and stalk with my bow. Out by Idaho falls it was 8,000-9,000 foot elevation and there was just soooo much timber they were holding in it made spot and stalk impossible.

Here’s some pics of the country. Would be a sweet place for an elk tag though, I saw over 100 elk in the 6 days I was backpacking out there.

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Excited to get after some teal and give my legs a bit to recover

Beautiful!

 

[Huskerbuck85]

New to me. At your service if you need some trees removed.

 

[God is a Husker]

I cut this sum’bitch Copperhead in half with a shovel after it was raising up and hissing at us in my parents front yard