What do you guys eat while hunting

[Shawn Leonard]

Dried fruits and trail mixes and some juice boxes. I do not have the priviledge of being able to back pack hunt, but when I do all day sits I bring what I mentioned above. Also for an all day sit I will bring peanut butter and jelly and some ritz crackers, nothing taste better sittin on a ritz!     Shawn

[Bladepeek]

And if I'm stand hunting I always take some apples along. I really like them and then pitch the cores out to make sure the deer don't starve  

[ken denton]

I carry Snickers with the other stuff.

[Karl Kortemeier]

I got this tip from Backcountry Bowhunting:  Peanutbutter and bacon sandwiches.  They travel well and keep for 2 to 3 days.  They probably have around 900 cals. apiece.

[bolong]

I think I go through about a thousand packs of peanut butter crackers a season.

[Kapellmeister]

If I'm doing an 18th century style hunt, I may bring some jerky and hard tack... otherwise, I like to stuff some black licorice in my pocket to bring along... or an apple.

[fisherick]

I like granola and powder milk in a zip lock or oatmeal for breakfast, jerky or pb&j on a bagle or summer sausage for lunch. For dinner its foil packets of tuna steaks, chicken, or salmon with a package of just add hot water instant mashed potatoes or ramin noodles (check out freezer bag cooking)or Mountain House freeze dry meals. During the day I snack on Power bars, peanut butter crackers, Sweet & Salty bars, trail mix, etc.
Starbucks Via instant coffee in the morning, water or water with Emergen-c during the day.
Figure on 20-24 oz of food per day.

[Paul/KS]

I just hunt out back or next door so a bottle of water and a snickers bar(or two...) is all I need.
Some cough drops seem to come in handy when it's cold too.

[Michael Pfander]

I make my own trail mix.  It has kept me going for up to three days with nothing else.  It does get boring tho.  I have one for all you Brits and ANZAC's out there.  At the start of the day I stir 3 packs of instant oatmeal into my tea.  Makes for a warm and easy jumpstart for the day.

[Jerry Jeffer]

H2O and if all day, a few pieces of chocolate.

[JimB]

A lot of the hardcore,back country elk hunters swear by bacon,honey,peanut butter sandwiches.Some toast the bread,some use bagels,some use various flat breads or tortillas.They are supposed to have a long "shelf" life.Some say they keep up to a week if kept out of the sun and recently I read of a fellow vacuum sealing his and that kept them a couple days more.They are actually very good and I'm sure would last 4-5 days easily.

[waknstak IL]

Peanut butter and honey on tortillas for all day hunts and along with vitamin drinks. For 1/2 day hunts I usually just take a bottle of water and some candy bars or jerky.

[Jedimaster]

I typically hunt close enough to home, camp or boat that I don't bring anything along in a pack.  However, I have on many occasions gone for several days with meager or, just as often, no rations.  It is not impossible if you are conditioned to it.  You really need hydration more than food and although food is essential for energy, the lack thereof is why we humans store fat.  I have plenty of that.  It can be uncomfortable but I have hunted pretty hard this way and none the worse for wear and tear.  Of course this was in areas where I was well acquainted with the territory and able to call for assistance if neccessary.  I would say it's not advisable for anything outside of those circumstances and would not work for those with medical conditions.  In fact (before anyone gets cranky) it's probably not a good idea at all, OK!  As I've said before, it takes conditioning yourself to it and I make that a practice.

Otherwise, I bring crackers, salmon or tuna, fruit, nuts, jerky and other easily packable foods.

[BUCKY]

Peanut butter and jelly!

[Scattergun2570]

Mixed nuts with raisins.

[gonzoso]

I usually pack a Peanut butter and jam sandwhich on toasted wheat bread, using jam I made from local peaches, strawberries, blueberries, or blackberries that I picked and canned over the summer.

And granola bars

And apples

or pears

and or bananas

jerky

lots of water

And I usually carry a thermos full of coffee, although it's only 16 oz so I have 2-3 small cups over a day.

I do lots of cardio/triathlon and I sometimes run while I hunt to get from one point to another quickly and cover lots of miles, so I eat constantly all day.

[sweeney3]

Generally the mosquitos I slap.  They are bigger than the deer I shoot anyway.