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Title: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Medford on September 01, 2010, 01:51:37 PM
I am looking for ideas on how guys have decided to mount their long guns.  I am in a 96 2-door Tracker, so as in my personal life, lenght is a problem.  If you have pictures of how you mounted rifles, that would be very helpful.
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Zukipilot on September 02, 2010, 06:53:53 AM
I don't have any pics... but I mounted and ATV hard case over the rear wheel well... then just unzip the rear window, pop open the back of the case and thee is the butt of your rifle.

Z
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Medford on September 02, 2010, 06:59:30 AM
Good tip.  I did not even think to see what the atv world has to offer.  I'll do some poking around.  The problem with my neck of the woods is too much snow and rain to keep the back window open.  I'm still in the hunt for a soft top, just have a "best top" hard top now.  Thanks Zig
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Zukipilot on September 02, 2010, 07:01:59 AM
I kept the back window in.. just unzipped it a little so I could reach in and grab the rifle. The ATV cases (side sling style) are usually weather resistant too....
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: bush buster on September 02, 2010, 09:05:18 AM
Myself, I just keep the guns laying on the folded down back seat pointing forward.  Reach back and grab one, step out of the truck, load the gun, and drop your moose, deer bird or hare. I like to be able to get at them quickly when I'm "lazy hunting".

I love those early morning drives with a mug of coffee and an easy limit of grouse. I took out one of the back seats to make more room for my next deer back there. Still don't think I can fit a quartered moose + rack, but hey that's what pickups are for.

Good luck this year to all the Zukiworld hunters.
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: beagle..t on September 02, 2010, 07:39:25 PM
drive with the rifle right beside me made custom holder so that only barrrel fits in slot that way jump out load shoot. tip of barrel like 2" in holder rest lean against u between the seats and shifter. happy hunting stay safe
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Zukipilot on September 03, 2010, 05:32:02 AM
Myself, I just keep the guns laying on the folded down back seat pointing forward.  Reach back and grab one, step out of the truck, load the gun, and drop your moose, deer bird or hare. I like to be able to get at them quickly when I'm "lazy hunting".

I love those early morning drives with a mug of coffee and an easy limit of grouse. I took out one of the back seats to make more room for my next deer back there. Still don't think I can fit a quartered moose + rack, but hey that's what pickups are for.

Good luck this year to all the Zukiworld hunters.

Hey Bush Buster... moose hunter huh? Any idea what it would run to have a moose rack sent to TN to put in my cabin?

Zig
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: bush buster on September 03, 2010, 08:15:12 AM
Well it would have to be just the cost of shipping since here in Ontario the law prohibits selling any part of a game animal without some sort of license.  But I have never actually got a moose myself so I have no racks to give you.  It's a team effort to get a moose but only one person gets to shoot it so, yeah, I haven't been the lucky one yet... Of course if I get one this year that first rack would be all MINE!!  However, I may be able to get my hands on one for you (some of the old timers around here have garages full of the things) and if I do I willl gladly send you one.  Some places do sell them though, there's some on ebay. Would you want an old weathered one?

John
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: djlantis57 on September 05, 2010, 03:38:18 PM
I had myself and two passengers in my 2dr and gear space was LIMITED.  Having the LSi made it great though...only half of the rear seat was folded down.  I carried a hitch rack for stuff, but couldn't get my back door open.  So when we hit the trails I put the rack on my front receiver for easy access to the back hatch.
Kolpin and Plano make nice ATV scabbards.  I had a few on my utility quads a few years back.  A hard case, with a soft rifle case inside.  I don't have much headroom (6'1") so mounting them overhead isn't possible for me, they usually lay across the back seat area
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: noiseyjack on September 05, 2010, 07:33:15 PM
I installed a two ATV brackets. One on the drivers and one on the passenger sides .One fore me and one for my hunting partner ;D and they don't move.I also made a fold down basket for the trailer hitch.Had a half a moose on it  :o The outher half was in the back good load :D
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Medford on September 05, 2010, 08:09:29 PM
A full moose on a tracker!! :o  Dang I was kind of questioning a full elk, guess it shouldn't have a real problem with a measly little elk.  I like your mounts, I think that will work for me.  The time of year and weather here is  a bit cold to keep the window open and I have a hard top, so either it is open or it is closed.  Thanks for all the input guys, I'll add pics when I get them in, I just put about 6 of them on craigslist not even thinking.  Be safe this season, and who ever gets the first kill should start a topic showing the picture of how it fit or couldn't fit into their tracker, might be fun. :laugh:
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: djlantis57 on September 05, 2010, 09:56:24 PM
Well I'm a wuss when it comes to putting a bloody animal in the carpeted back of my tracker...that's what the rack's for
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Medford on September 06, 2010, 07:03:25 AM
Not a wuss, just meticulous.  Sounds like a small tarp is just what you need to add to your list of possibles to carry.  My top leaked and the carpet smelled like wet dog, so I no longer have carpet.  Is your rack similar to Noisey's?  His looks very clean.
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: djlantis57 on September 06, 2010, 11:31:05 AM
Nope.  Harbor Freight special! :laugh: all aluminum
I'm probably going to add a mesh floor to it before this season, to help enclose things.  And maybe some mesh to the sides.  Maybe some taillights (when it's loaded, it nearly covers my stock lights, not good).  Maybe a hinged lid.  We set up some camping chairs around it and it is actually the PERFECT height to sit around and use it as a tabletop if we added a lid.
Hell, might as well make my own if I'm gonna add that much stuff to it!
Noiseyjack's is SWEET, how it tilts up.  Noisey, did you make that, or buy it?  If you bought it, please let us know the brand name.
Instead of a tarp, which sometimes tarps rot and end up leaking through, we'll just grab a half a roll of some 6-mil plastic sheeting my dad uses for roof coverings and such.

Who on this forum said they pulled out their carpet, put bedliner all over the inside, then re-installed the carpeting over the lined floorboards?
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: noiseyjack on September 06, 2010, 11:41:33 AM
This is what I did with my rack.
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Medford on September 08, 2010, 07:51:34 PM
Thanks Noisey!
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: djlantis57 on September 09, 2010, 01:31:52 AM
Alright, boys, where'd you get them there rifle mounts?  You got me interested now. 
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: noiseyjack on September 09, 2010, 04:57:42 AM
The gun rack was giving to me by a friend and it was made for a ATV front rack :)
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: noiseyjack on September 09, 2010, 05:06:27 AM
Better Pict.
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Medford on September 09, 2010, 08:06:30 PM
I had a set I had just put on craigslist for an ATV that I took off craigslist and put in.  I did have to remove the cool little stock arm rest and cup holders for the back passengers until after hunting season though.
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: djlantis57 on September 09, 2010, 11:53:57 PM
I had a set I had just put on craigslist for an ATV that I took off craigslist and put in.  I did have to remove the cool little stock arm rest and cup holders for the back passengers until after hunting season though.
What rear cupholders?  You may have a newer/different model than my 90 Tracker.  Do you have a name brand of the ones you have?  If you can get a close-up pic, that'd be great...maybe I can find it if I know what I'm looking for a little better
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: stevechie on September 10, 2010, 09:08:27 AM
I hunt extensively and belong to a hunting club. We all use sidekicks. Rifle mounts vary because of the number of people are with you in the vehicle. There are usually two people and the best method that I found was to place the rifle between the seats. The barrel on the floor and stock between the seats. You can place one rifle there without any issues. I have seen hunters who use samurais where the have styrofoam molded to the butt and they glue it down just above the gear box with the barrel pointing to the back.  I am going to be desiginig something where the rifles can be place closer to the passenger side and are securely placed so there is no rattling. Its all about trial and error.
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Medford on September 12, 2010, 10:53:36 AM
Steve- SW Oregon is not really road hunting country, so I was after someway to mount them to get from the front door to the elk tent.  I think your right, the last couple of miles from the elk tent to the point of walking your method would work great.

dj- here is a couple of pics of the arm rest/cup holder deely booper.  I looked them over and do not find a label or brand name on them, and the fit the contours of the rig so well I am guessing they are stock, or were at least an option.  I am sure someone on ZW would know for sure.
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: djlantis57 on September 13, 2010, 09:15:24 AM
Do you have those on each side?  Never seen that before, but it looks awesome!
Also, I'm confused...the interior of your Tracker looks like the "base" model by looking at the door and interior panels...but it has the rear buckets...I thought only LSi models got rear buckets?  Or was it an option for later models, maybe?
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Medford on September 13, 2010, 01:54:08 PM
Yes, there is one for each side. 96 Tracker LSI. It is basic, no A/C, has an aftermarket cheep-o cd player, 5-speed, etc. 
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: djlantis57 on September 13, 2010, 02:26:02 PM
That's strange...it's an LSi but the interior paneling and trim looks basic compared to my 90 LSi...maybe they stopped doing the fancy interior paneling sometime before 96.
I should have worded my question better in my previous post...I was looking to see if you'd find a part number/brand name on the rifle brackets...they look great, I want to find something identical
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: oak_raid on September 13, 2010, 02:46:31 PM
I know its not exactly what you asked, but here is how we set our sammies up for bowhunting.
Title: Re: Hunters with Trackers
Post by: Medford on September 13, 2010, 06:10:14 PM
to make an arrow as quick as possible, you have done it.  That display looks like a dinner plate, and no-one beats me to the mashed potatoes!  Totally a killin rig set up!

DJ-  The ones I used are called Rugged Gear brand.  I also put a layer of inner tube rubber between them and the paint so they did not scratch.  They were set up to go around a round bar like handle bars on a quad,  I cut some 1/4" bolts (1/4-20) to the right length to make both halves work to give me a little room between the  tracker and the gun.  I know how excited we get when something is that close to the rig and we don't have to carry it a few miles!