I use a Chevy Suburban Z-71 vehicle for elk hunting many seasons now. It is big enough to haul a lot of gear as well as my elk meat. It does well going up the nasty stretch of 4WD road we take to get into our elk camp. It is vomfortable on my 750 m8le drive from Texas out to SW Colorado.

Of course it is an expensive vehicle. We got it because my wife wanted it to carry kids and to go to Illinois with family and gifts at Christmas.

Interestingly, the Suburban was totalled some years ago, and insurance cut us a $15,000 check. We bought a used Z-71 Suburban with 120,000 miles on it. This now has 200,000 miles on it and is going strong.