It is 5:15 in the morning, the truck is still ticking in the driveway, and the Defender is loaded with a climbing stand, a rifle case and a thermos. The trail to the food plot is narrow, overgrown and pitch black. That ride is where a Can-Am Defender earns its keep, and it is also where the stock front end shows its limits.
Our Can-Am Defender Front Bumper with LED Lights (2016-2019) was built for that kind of use. It is a front winch bumper with integrated plug-and-play LED lights and its own wiring harness, and it bolts on to 2016-2019 Defender models.
Light for the dark hours
Hunters and farm hands do a lot of riding before sunrise and after sunset. The built-in LED lights put more light out front of the Defender, which helps when you are picking your way down a two-track, looking for a gate latch or backing up to a feeder. Because the lights come with a plug-and-play harness, you skip the splicing and guesswork that comes with many aftermarket lighting setups.
A front end that can take a hit
Work machines bump into things. Hay bales, cedar limbs, T-posts and the side of a barn door all find the front of a Defender sooner or later. A solid bumper out front gives you a sturdier first point of contact than the factory plastics. It is built with durable construction for off-road use, so it fits a machine that spends more time in pastures and timber than on a showroom floor.
Ready to pull its weight
A winch turns a stuck Defender into a ten-minute delay instead of a long walk home. It is also handy for chores, like dragging a downed tree off a trail or pulling a deer up a steep bank. This bumper gives you a dedicated winch mounting location up front, so recovery gear is part of the machine instead of something you wish you had.
Around the farm or hunting lease, that setup gets used for things like:
- Lighting the path to the stand or blind before daylight
- Pushing through brush on overgrown trails
- Winching a loaded Defender out of a muddy creek bottom
- Pulling limbs and debris off a fence line
Fitment and install
This bumper is a bolt-on design made for the 2016-2019 Can-Am Defender, and most owners can install it with ordinary hand tools. Wild Boar also offers a version for newer Defenders, so confirm your model year before ordering. If you have a question about fit or wiring, call the Wild Boar team at 850-912-4350 and we will help you sort it out.
