I did that kind of stuff with my first truck until I figured out that it wasn't a tank with rubber tires. In my experience if the first mud hole is impassable, there are probably more over on the other side and I'm engaging the brain before I need to pull on the 4wd lever or dig out the winch and shovels. I did have a front and back 2" receiver on my first truck and used a portable Superwinch that mounted off the 2" ball when I needed it, which wasn't that often. I found the front receiver was handier for moving a trailer around into a tight spot, launching a boat at night with the help of the headlights and pulling other people out of similar examples like the one pictured.
