4 wheel drive is nice to have, but when you get stuck your the one thats going to have to push that puppy out of the mud. There is alot of weight difference between 2 and 4 wheel drive. A 2 wheel drive will work just as good, the one thing that I would get wether you have 2-4 wheel drive is a good winch. They are worth there weight in gold. You can use a winch for more then just getting unstuck. If you shoot a deer and it goes over a bank you can always use a winch to pull it up to were you are. If there are trees in the way you can use the winch to move them enough to get by. When you do get your deer, and want to hang it the winch comes in pretty handy there also. I've even heard of guys useing there winch to skin a deer.