What do you guys eat while hunting

[Aunty]

What do you guys eat while hunting most of my hunting is done by backpack if it carnt go on my back I don't take it. I usually chew on freeze-dry food it's not very appealing but it is light in my pack. So my question is what do you guys eat when out in the bush?

[jhg]

I found drink mixes focused on recovery VERY beneficial. But do not over do them stomach cramps.

I also bring lots of slow burning, high good fat items like raw nuts and spreads.

Third, do not forget fruits if the hardy variety.


I have left out main meal stuff but you get the idea.

My experience has been t hat the more natural less processed the foods you take  are the better you will feel and the better your body will recover.

Joshua

[Thebear_78]

mountain house and MREs mostly.   I usually carry a few granola or power bars in my pack as well.  One sheep hunter I know takes two large jars of peanut butter with him every trip.  Lots of calories per pound in peanut butter.

[Friend]

Typically Protein bars and Granola bars

Probably not the best plan, however has sustained me on many all day hunts.

[reddogge]

Granola bars and water.

[stujay]

jerky, trail mix, dried fruit, packets instant oatmeal

[straitera]

protein & gran bars + P&J on 12 nut bread. pop-ups & powdered lemonade. Longer hunts mean quickpak dehyd meals.

[Canyon]

Protein bars of various makes plus Wilderness athlete products for hydration. When packing my main meals are from Mountain House and Packit gourmet.

[Night Wing]

In my backpack: water, trail mix and jerky.

[Aunty]

cheers guys im a guy that has chocolate in my pack great for when your on your last legs for a boost but i hate when you crash when it wheres off.

[Aunty]

dont think i could stomach eating big jars of peanut butter

[Thebear_78]

I know a guy who is a sheep guide and generally looses from 20-30 pounds every sheep season and he isn't heavy to start with.  All that climbing and packing burns a ton of calories and its hard to keep up.  Peanut butter does't go bad, doesn't need heated and definitely has plenty of calories to go around.

[hammer08]

Trail mix, jerkey, peanut butter, dried fruit, cliff bar, and plenty of water.

[Uncle Buck]

when I was young and didnt care about my heart, we would survive for days on a big breakfast and bags of bite size snickers bars, now its a low fat sandwich on whole wheat bread. The snickers actually worked well, peanuts, gave you energy for the long hall and the candy for quick bursts

[Hopewell Tom]

For me, I try to be out all day and not have to come back to the house or camp. I mostly go with my regular work lunch. One meat sandwich, apple, pear,nuts and protein bar. Always a water jug and a bit of "hunt candy"-Wurthers butterscotch to suck on. Like at work, break up the day with two feedings, 1/2 the lunch each time. I try to have a bite of something left for the end of the day on the way out.

[Hoyt]

I only hunt half days so don't take anything to eat or drink. Try to remember to eat a bowl of oatmeal before I go in the mornings to keep my stomach from growling.

[njloco]

Appetite is driven by lack of nutrients not lack of food. If your nutrient level is high you won't get hungry as much and can satisfy it much easier.

Unfortunately most of the store bought dried foods are made with ingredients that are not healthy and do contribute to heart disease, so be real careful as to how much of it you eat.

The best thing to do is dehydrate your own foods and bring them with you.

[Gehrke145]

I eat alot of the packets of tuna, trail mix, breakfast bars.  Then about anything else I can get an arrow in while hunting.  I mostly hunt off my back for elk so thats really about it.

[Aunty]

ok some wicked advice guys so i have frezze drys for breakfast and tea thats all i eat when im on the hill apart from choclate to rattle my dags up the hill i usually hunt for 4 to 5 days by myself so here a question what do you guys eat for your main meals e.g breakfast or tea.

[Bobby Urban]

I don't do many back country hunts so most of mine is just morning and afternoon.  I always take a bullet thermous of good coffee with me in the morning.  When it gets to be about 10am and I am getting antsi I take out the thermous and sip my coffee.  This keeps me in the woods for another hour or so and more often than not I have to put it away because deer are coming.  I am quite sure the coffee has nothing to do with it but it happens a lot.  

For the afternoon hunt after I have been living on little sleep I find doing a 5 hour energy shot is awesome for keeping me alert throughout the afternoon.  Even in the early season when it is warm and the sun is trying to shine me to sleep.  I was surprised but the stuff really works and there is no crash like sugar.

Bob Urban