Food

[Dakota86]

I am always curious as to what people bring for food on multiple day hunts? Please share, maybe I can add some good items I don’t know about or never thought of, I’m always up for criticism or advice.

I plan to be out for 5 days my first hunt. I’ll hang all my food from a tree in a Sea to Summit waterproof compression bag that I had my sleeping bag in.

Mornings I’ll have premade baggy of oats, raisins, walnuts and heat up a cup of water and make oatmeal. I’m someone that has to eat something for breakfast. Any suggestions for something quicker?

For my daily meal I’ll have premade gallon zip lock bags with all my day’s food in, I’ll just get a bag out when I get my breakfast. Not all of the bags will be the same but the main staples would be;
bagel sandwiches (butter and sandwich meat), a fruit and veggie pouch, granola bar, jerky, corn chips. The other items that will be different in each bag; cookies (off brand Oreos, they are cheap and the sugar frosting is quick energy), gorp, puppy chow, candy bar, dehydrated cinnamon & sugar apples, peanut butter packet, homemade fruit leather, salami, tuna packet, animal crackers

At night when back at camp I eat a 2.5 serving mountain house meal. What are your favorites?

For water I have a 3L bladder and I carry a 0.5L Playtpus collapsible bottle that I put some type of flavor in such as MEO or the small dry packet of flavoring. I’ll fill my bladder from a gravity filter at camp each night.

[WapitiTalk1]

I'm the opposite for Bfast, I can't eat for a while but have an Erin Baker cookie after a bit of hiking. Not the tastiest snack in the world but they work for the mission at hand. I keep all my day snacks pre-packed in a zip lock also (just grab a day snack pack and throw in my pack the night before when I fill my water bladder and am ready to go for the next morning). For my lunch sand, I'll have a slice of MRE wheat bread with either Jiff to Go PB and honey/jelly (all come in packets), or, the slice of bread with a packet of Starkist Tuna Creations spread on it (I also use bagels for my sand base sometimes). Various day snacks include energy bars, honey zingers, PB or cheezy cracker packets, jerky chunks/pepperoni sticks, and a handfull of little snickers bars. Back at camp, it's usually MH meals (pro pack) but this year, I have some of the Hawk Vittles ordered that I'll give their day in court. I like most of the MH but would have to say that the Beef Stroganoff is probably my favorites. Least favorite is the Lasagna (it's like glue). The Hawk Vittles meals I have coming in are Hash Brown and Sausage, Beef Stew, Cashew Curry, Chicken Pilaf, Cowboy Pasta, Hot Italian Sausage and Pasta, Sierra Spagetti, Southwest Lasagna, and Sweet Italian Sausage and Pasta. The Hawk Vittles get great reviews and I'm anxious to give them a try.

Dakota, you mentioned sandwich meat... what type are you referring to that will keep on a backcountry hunt? Also gotta ask, what is the puppy chow reference beyond well, puppy chow

[Dakota86]

I can't remember what the sandwich meat is, I'll have to get back to you on that. What are honey zingers? Also I never heard of Hawk Vittles, and I am from South Dakota where they are made. I going to have to research them so thanks for letting me know. As far as puppy chow, it is chex mix with peanut butter, chocolate, and powdered sugar. It's very tasty and high calorie/high energy. Perhaps you call it something else? However my wife thinks that the chocolate will melt and with the powdered sugar it is kind of messy but so good. I might not make that this year but I like my chocolate and hunting is an excuse to eat whatever you want.

[pointysticks]

back pack hunts?

i eat a lot of mountain house meals. i buy the stews and stuff..and add a side of instant mash potatoes. IDAHOANS. or instant cous cous. it is the only way for me to survive instant backpack food. i just dont like them. lots of food bars. i found a new one called Perfect. taste like a cookie. dried fruits and nuts..and the hidden candy bar. wilderness athlete "fruit punch" to make the boring water less boring and more medicine tasting..yum. hard candy..

done. if my brother is with me, i hide frosted pop tarts in his pack. he loves me, so he shares.

[Lefty]

I dont back pack hunt, but I do a few one and two night solo packs a year. a selection of granola bars and granola, crackers and the salmon or tuna in a pouch, dried fruit then I dont pack a stove.

In the past and with a stove I like low sodium frieze dried soups and always a selection of Idahoan potatoes If you like cooking makes some form of bannock and add your own fruit, sugar,fats etc
I spent some time in the classroom this year working with students and traditional bannock and fry-breads and what their family/culture adds to make it taste better. Powdered sugar and butter for the Hispanic and native kids. Jellies and honey for the "white" boys
While Mt house do taste way better than they use too and I use to find them to expensive for what they were I do now find them edible.

[GobbleFarmer]

Does anyone eat that PROBAR stuff thats on camofire? The food in it sounds super good. I'm a mile from my hunting spots and I don't exactly chase animals around in the mountains, so I can't justify buying...

[husky390]

Fig newtons with a cup of Folgers instant coffee for breakfast, oatmeal if I have the time.
pb&j with nutella bagels (sometimes with bacon) for lunch. On occasion I'll do pb&j tortillas. Either way, make sure you have plenty of water to wash it down.
Mountain House for dinner. I buy the bulk packs at Costco but they changed the menu's and now offer breakfast with them. My favorites are Beef Stroganoff, Lasagna, and Chicken Terriyaki with rice. Be sure to clean your spoon very well after eating the Lasagna. You don't want the cheese to dry on it.

Snacks consist of Costco soft and chewy granola bars, Costco trail mix, Costco dehydrated fruit, Costco steak strips and fruit gushers.

I might try some tuna in olive oil packets this year.

[_rj_]

When I'm away from the main camp. Which seems to be most of the time. I bring a little fishing pole and catch trout. Then I eat huckleberries throughout the day. Usually fire danger is really high so I have a Jetboil I use for the fish.

Food on the go

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