Back before the 80's, 4x4 were grossly outnumbered by 2wd. I hunted many E. Montana winters with a 2wd with good tires, weight in the back, and a set of tire chains just in case. Only used the chains once.
Now you can't find a 2wd on a dealer lot. It's nice to have the security of 4x4, but we rarely use it. I still weight in the bed and 2wd for 99.99% of the miles on my 4x4 trucks.
I will say the confidence in my 4x4 almost got me stranded 10 miles from cell service hunting one year. We had a couple inches of snow then it warmed up into the 40's. The roads were sloppy and I shouldn't have been out, but I had a new set of 275 on my 250. All was great until I had to go down a steep hill I had already climbed, but there was a turn at the bottom to go over a culvert then climb another steep hill. Trying to keep my momentum I slid in the corner and didn't make the turn and dropped a wheel off the road into the creek. I spent 3 hrs digging, rocking, and shoving limbs and branches under my wheels.
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