Grub for Scouting

[Kingpuck]

While in a meeting at work today I began daydreaming about scouting for my own honey hole after passing Hunter's Ed this past weekend. With the meeting being around lunch time it got me thinking.

What is your favorite food while you spend time out in the woods on scouting trips? The trick is going to be finding something good and nourishing but that is also easy to keep with you in the field. Hard to hike with a cooler.

Have been thinking about freeze dried meals and a small water boiler. What do you eat?

[ICEMAN]

sort of boring, but we take Peanut butter, apricot marmalade and raisin sandwiches. Snicker bars or equivalent. Gatorade, water, granola bars. All easy , filling and cheap. No heat required.....

[carpsniperg2]

Powder gatorade is one of my faves!!! got to be careful what type because it can may you a bit flimmy But its light weight and helps give the body back what it needs.

The other great one is pop tarts I have ate more then my share of poptarts in the back country

[runamuk]

I love pepperoni...and trailmix of some sort...usually something I create with dried fruits and nuts....I also love pistachios entertaining and tasty

[sakoshooter]

Probably my favorite snack while actually hiking/hunting would be G.O.R.P.
Good ol raisins & peanuts. I buy it mixed at the grocery store but usually buy 2 or 3 different kinds and mix em at home in one large zip loc bag. Then just put a little each day into a smaller zip loc bag for the day's hunt. Along with my lunch of course.

[bobcat]

Trail mix from Costco, Clif Bars (Costco), Paydays (also from Costco).   

[bobcat]

Oh, and for dinner, if you're backpacking in, Mountain House meals, and for breakfast, instant oatmeal.

[D-Rock425]

If you're looking for a small water boiler the jet boil is probably the best. 

[h20hunter]

I usually don't go far enough to require full meals......G2 gatorade and a few cliff bars gets me by.

[Wildsau]

I hunt better on an empty stomach; keeps the hunting senses working a peak.

I amy leave some good Trail Mix in my rig, for after I get back.

[Huntbear]

Bag of Trail Mix, some elk pepperoni sticks, an apple, and lots of water with the orange flavor with caffeine tabs dissolve in it.  Oh, and my pack always has some sardines and kippers for emergency food, so I am good to go.

[wraithen]

Small ziplock baggy with nutella and peanut butter mix. Bite cut or tear open a corner of the bag and squeeze. Easy on the go nutrition.

[dreamingbig]

On a day scouting trip hike that goes from dawn to dusk I would take:

1 organic poptart (taste better than real pop tarts and with much less sugar)
2 honey stinger protein bars
2 cups of trail mix
a water filter plus containers to carry 64 ounces of water
NUUN hydration tablets
and some choclate!

I usually also throw in a mountain house meal and my light brunton stove (with 8 oz. canister of fuel) in case I find my one day trip turning into two!

Hit the trail at daylight and back at dusk.

[JLS]

For a day trip, I'd take a bagel or two, some string cheese, jerky, dried fruit, water.

WTF is an ORGANIC pop tart?  Dude, that's like a roadrunner/Wiley Coyote cartoon with no violence.

[dreamingbig]

JLS - you had me laughing there!  Here is a link: http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Path-Organic-Pastries-Strawberry/dp/B000E4ALHY

All I can say is they taste a bit better to me than the regular ones.  They still pack a lot of calories for their weight.