Thread: What do you take for food while hunting?

So a mate and I are heading out this weekend for a 4 day hunt ...

Usually I take things such as baked beans, 2 minute noodles, pasta snacks, musli bars, maybe abit of fresh meat for the first night (with the hope i get more fresh meat during the trip) coffee, milk powder, maybe musli for breaky etc and afew suppliment drinks

He seems to take real fresh stuff, he is talking about rump steak, pork steak, mash potatoes flakes, bacon, pasta, sausages, bread, coffee ....

Thoughts? what do you normally pack?

Nowadays I just take in Freeze Dried Meals such as Backcountry Couisine etc for dinners, salami (or tuna) cheese and pita breads for lunch and either 1 Square Meals or pre portioned oats (with milk powder and sugar already mixed in) for brekky. As for snacks I take peanut slabs and nut bars. I will also pack in a couple of onions, garlic and some butter to go with some (hopefully) fresh venny.

I try and keep weight down to a minimum as my pack is heavy enough with all the hunting / camping gear.

If you stop eating meat several days before you go and take no meat at all your hunting will improve tenfold...

The rule is max energy at the least weight. That certainly rules out baked beans.

The new dehydrated water you can get is very good too.

Originally Posted by Tahr

The new dehydrated water you can get is very good too.

Huh ? Had to check the calendar to see if it suddenly jumped to April 1st...

What to you add to hydrate ? Some water perhaps

I'm not a fan of freeze-dried meals, tastes like cardboard to me, some of the veggie packs are ok. Easy enough to carry stuff like millet, couscous, pasta, and some spices. Oats or muesli for brekkie. Lots of nuts and dried fruit. Salami.

Originally Posted by ebf

Huh ? Had to check the calendar to see if it suddenly jumped to April 1st...

What to you add to hydrate ? Some water perhaps

I'm not a fan of freeze-dried meals, tastes like cardboard to me, some of the veggie packs are ok. Easy enough to carry stuff like millet, couscous, pasta, and some spices. Oats or muesli for brekkie. Lots of nuts and dried fruit. Salami.

Yes. You just add 500 mils of water and it makes 1 ltr

Originally Posted by ebf

Huh ? Had to check the calendar to see if it suddenly jumped to April 1st...

What to you add to hydrate ? Some water perhaps

I'm not a fan of freeze-dried meals, tastes like cardboard to me, some of the veggie packs are ok. Easy enough to carry stuff like millet, couscous, pasta, and some spices. Oats or muesli for brekkie. Lots of nuts and dried fruit. Salami.

I'm a hunter not a sparrow...i couldn't live on that stuff

Originally Posted by Tahr

The rule is max energy at the least weight. That certainly rules out baked beans.

The new dehydrated water you can get is very good too.

'dehydrated water"...is this in powder form?

I have had the same menu for all trips for years now and it really works.

Breakfast is always museli. I have milk powder to sprinle on top for milk and water...yummy!
Lunch during the day is always a few museli bars/chocolate.
Dinner is a pasta snack(Not two minute noodles!) You can really get some nice flavours but I also carry one of those small flavoured tins of tuna to add in for a bit of body. Its really tasty and the combined cost is only about $2.50. I don't use the freeze dried stuff as I don't think it tastes that great and what i use isn't much heavier. Plus I can have 4 nights meals for the price of one freeze dried meal.

And if where i am going is easier access I just add a few luxuries as I see fit.

Originally Posted by Spook

If you stop eating meat several days before you go and take no meat at all your hunting will improve tenfold...

hahaha maybe thats where i have been going wrong recently!!!!!!

gotta travel slightly light so i can keep room in my pack for afew beers ... hahahaha

Originally Posted by tikka 7/08

gotta travel slightly light so i can keep room in my pack for afew beers ... hahahaha

spirits are the way to go...a drop of Glayva goes down a treat to celebrate a kill or hold back the tears if stuck out over nite...as for the beers, by all means take them and [if you are walking in] drop them off a couple at a time along the way for on the homewood journey...they go down a treat.

Originally Posted by Spook

spirits are the way to go...a drop of Glayva goes down a treat to celebrate a kill or hold back the tears if stuck out over nite...as for the beers, by all means take them and [if you are walking in] drop them off a couple at a time along the way for on the homewood journey...they go down a treat.

well i would do spirits as they have the desired effect a wee bit quicker than beers but my mate cant stand the stuff (long story as to why) so ill stick to beers ... because making my pack heaver is always good :s

Originally Posted by Bryan

Nowadays I just take in Freeze Dried Meals such as Backcountry Couisine etc for dinners, salami (or tuna) cheese and pita breads for lunch and either 1 Square Meals or pre portioned oats (with milk powder and sugar already mixed in) for brekky. As for snacks I take peanut slabs and nut bars. I will also pack in a couple of onions, garlic and some butter to go with some (hopefully) fresh venny.

I try and keep weight down to a minimum as my pack is heavy enough with all the hunting / camping gear.

Never tried those meals before, might go pick up afew to try while im gone

It all depends on how much you want to carry.

Chuck the two minute noodles aside and get yourself some Mi Goreng noodles, they are superior. I tend to add egg, pea's, chopped sausage/sizzlers and/or shaved ham.. makes a basic but good meal.

Pasta meals that you can add shit too (sausages/peas)
Raro + aqua tabs - Always good for energy
Drinking choc mix - evenings.
Peanut slabs, crackers, bread/buns
For a couple of nights, I just take up and go for breakfast.

I've also got some heat and eat meals from a mate who works at Prepared Foods Processing Ltd in Palmerston.

http://www.pfl.co.nz/products/pouches/index.htm

I'm not exactly a light packer, I enjoy my food.