Thread: What do you take for food while hunting?

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 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 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 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

Backcountry meals for evenings. Biltong and a GF nutty slice my wife makes for daytime, and some apples. Brekky is instant porridge.
And flat white sachets

Kaweka meals are always good for breakfast/dinner. Dehydrated meals I prefer to rehydrate and leave to sit for a while making sure to stir in the powder that stays in the corners. Once rehydrated, throw in a pot and bring to the boil. Again using using water to wash spoon.
When flying in for a week during the roar, we all make a casserole which is frozen for a couple of weeks beforehand. My specialty is curried sausages. Take one out of the chilly bin in the morning and it is ready to heat when the sun has gone down. One bowl and 1 spoon to wash

Why not vacpac food and just eat it cold straight from the bags? or throw it in some boiling water to heat up, then you have clean water for a cuppa later on.

Depends entirly on the trip but, back country meals (cheep as threw the forum) OSM bars, Salami, Bacon and egg toasties etc etc.
Boat or fly, everything... eat like kings

Cold bacon & egg pie is KING on the hill...

I usualy take a couple of salamis an hit that shit like a muesli bar.

OSM bars are good to.

Whats the deal with no meat before/during hunting?

Inspired by MR Gyrlls i eat bugs and drink me own piss hard core

+1 to OSM bars now that there are choc - flavoured ones

Toothpaste-style tube of sweetened condensed milk to go with the tea, Instant-pasta type meals and add a few sliced up bits of salami for protein - that lot will make ya fart.
I tried the powdered mashed spuds and they are surprisingly good.

There is a recipe here

Spill

for Trampers Oat Slice which is basically like a cake of OSM bars you can make yourself - I found it really good but you've gotta watch it in the oven as it can go from brown to black pretty quick

I've made my own boil-in-the-bag before using those slider type ziploc bags - freeze a portion of red thai chicken curry w/rice then, when in the bush, slide the zip open a bit and sit it in boiling water - a good feed
As said before those Kaweka meals are good esp the beef bourgignon one and of course bacon and egg pie rules

Originally Posted by Raging Bull

Cold bacon & egg pie is KING on the hill...

King ANYWHERE not just on the hill ... And all the better if its been in the fridge for a week


Tim

I take 3 OSM per day in bush, rather other gear take up the weight and room than food. There to hunt, not have a 3 course meal haha

Originally Posted by Toby

Why not vacpac food and just eat it cold straight from the bags? or throw it in some boiling water to heat up, then you have clean water for a cuppa later on.

Just like you scoff the leftovers out of your mums fridge ay Toby ???

Teenagers, the same the world over ..

Let me explain. We gentlemen of advancing years like our meals warm at the least


Tim