Favorite backpack hunting foods???

COLOelkman · Aug 23, 2017

Since I'm about to do some shopping SOON for my elk hunt, thought I'd see what everyones 3-5 favorite foods to bring hunting are considering weight, nutrition and taste? Especially lunch type stuff which is more challenging for me to find. Here's mine:

Peanut butter in the small single serving cups on a bagel (kinda heavy but worth it to me)
Costco steak strips (extra thick cut) like jerky but much thicker and not near as chewy.
Idahoan instant potatoes about any flavor (dinner)
Tuna or salmon in the small sealed packets with a tortilla
Crasins

txhunter58 · Aug 23, 2017

Steak strips say refrigerate after opening. Never had any problem in the field?

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)

sticksender · Aug 23, 2017

Bacon Jerky, Peanut Butter Snickers, Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Almond bars, Almond and/or Peanut and/or Peanut Butter M&M's, sliced fruit cups, foil pouch ham, cashews, dried pineapple chunks, Little Debbie Nutty bars. Kind Bars are good and come in many flavors, but I've learned they can cause really bad indigestion.

COLOelkman · Aug 23, 2017

They do say refrigerate within 3 days of opening so I vacuum sealed them for individual servings for my lunches and never had problems. I normally try to consume them within a month.

elkassassin · Aug 23, 2017

You Boys Keep Screwin with that Peanut Butter You're gonna get a Gut Ache!

Back Me Off to 1,700 Yards,650 is a Little Close & I'm Not Comfortable with it!

A GUT SHOT at 1,700 Yards will Still Make Some Good BRAGGIN Rights so I Can Say I At Least Hit Him!

Homer · Aug 23, 2017

beanie weenies.....

So_NV_Lady_Hntr · Aug 23, 2017

LAST EDITED ON Aug-23-17 AT 11:03PM (MST)[p]Lunch Only:

Per day, I like to have about 2 Cliff Builder Bars (Mint, Chocolate, &/or Almond) or ProBar meal bars (chocolate Coconut,KokaMoca, etc...) with maybe a couple pieces of candy (chocolate, laffytaffy, etc...) as 'morale food'. I also like to have 1-2 CliffShot packs for electrolite replacement.

The meal bars are nice because they are very energy dense (100+cal/oz), the candy...because it's candy, and electrolite replacement for the long slogs that seem to happen everytime I'm out there (especially useful for coming out heavy).

Breakfast = 2 packets of flavored instant oatmeal
Dinner = Mountain house

buckz34 · Aug 23, 2017

Pretty good list of food.

marley · Aug 24, 2017

My favorite lunch is a bagel with peanut butter, honey and precooked bacon. It's close to 800 calories and protein rich. I like using a bagel because it doesn't matter if it gets smashed.

To keep my calories up I also will have a honey stinger with one packet of Justins peanut butter and one packet of Justins Hazelnut butter. This is around 600 calories and will have one late morning and again in late afternoon.

Deerlove · Aug 24, 2017

Costco dried mangos are good snacks.

COLOelkman · Aug 24, 2017

I agree and packed some last nite!

grizzly · Aug 24, 2017

Take a look at the Green Belly meals.

Grizzly

Stonefly · Aug 24, 2017

Knorr rice sides I like the Spanish rice and add jalapeno spam. We also mix bannock dough minus the water and put it in a Ziploc. Just mix some with water and wrap it on a stick to cook it over a stove, sterno, or fire. The Tyson chicken in the foil pouch is good with the rice or mixed in the idahoan 3 cheese potatoes. Wal-Mart oatmeal and add raisins, nuts, or dried fruit. I don't like instant coffee so I use a " tea ball" and a course coffee grind. You can buy the thing at Wal-Mart for under 2 bucks. I also take along spice packets,salt and pepper. My grandsons have even eaten boiled stinging nettle and liked it. Don't get the oil on your skin, boil it and drain off the water add clean water, boil again then drain and add Lemmon pepper. ( I went on alot of survival classes and hikes as a youth). Items that can last a couple days are boiled eggs, string cheese, precooked bacon in a foil pouch. Good luck and have.fun.

NiceRack · Aug 25, 2017

Home made Elk jerky, Kippers, sardines, home made smoked steelhead.
The bears love my scent, deer...not so much.
PB

cmbbulldog · Aug 25, 2017

Snickers, Jerky, Trail mix and a variety of bars.

DIY · Aug 25, 2017

Cliff bars, squeeze pouches of peanut butter. Raisins, walnuts, Dark chocolate. I will also take some of the little pouches of jelly I lift from the local Bojangles. And some flour tortillas. That is lunch and snack fare.
Breakfast, oatmeal and grits, brown sugar, raisins, dried fruit, mango, pineapple, cranberries. I will throw a can of bacon in my pack. It is a great treat if you can find it. I have even taken maltomeal at times. Dinner I have some buddies in the army and I have them get me some of the artic MRE's. These things have about 3500 calories per MRE. Once you have had them you will forget about Mountain House forever. It is an entire meal in a small box. They come in many different variety's. Coffee of course Just google Artic MRE's

ICMDEER · Aug 28, 2017

Peanuts, crackers and cheese, Cold cereal (eaten dry), jerky, Hershey bars. I also like smoked oysters after I kill something. My dad ate them so it's a family tradition. If I'm not hiking, I'll take a can of cold chili or a can of cold tamales. Stick to your ribs. And what the heck, I can't believe on one said SPAM.

Rockchuck · Aug 30, 2017

for those that mountain house has a negative gut effect on, check out packitgourmet.com They are a bit pricier, but taste great without the gut hurt that mountainhouse throws on me. I have really been liking some of their chicken salad mixes that just need water with out the head. their Cajun chicken one was great last week wrapped up in tortillas. I bought about one of everything they do and have ate about a quarter of them so far and all have been great.