Mysterious Front End Issues

Ok, so here’s the deal.

I was out on a sandbar at the river and came up over a big sand pile and the front end came down hard and I heard a clunk from the front end. I was in AWD at the time. I stopped and jumped out and surveyed the entire front end and couldn’t see anything broke. I drove it around a little and everything seemed fine, so went on my merry way.

Next time out, I take off down a dirt road and the steering seems a little stiff for some reason like it’s binding or something is rubbing against a tie rod or something real hard. I pull over and can’t find anything wrong.

I did feel what seems to he more than typical play on the driver front axle though, but it seems to be ok. I drove it back home and parked it but haven’t had a chance to get it up on jackstands and run it and make sure.

Anyone have any ideas or experienced this?