Just a backpacking food thread sheep hunt

[.264winmag]

Hmmm maybe I need the fair share mug 2, I just been reusing freeze dried meal bag...

[huntfish]

Hmmm maybe I need the fair share mug 2, I just been reusing freeze dried meal bag...

You can buy 5mm bags from 72hours.ca, I have a vacuum packer, buy these bags and repack the #10 cans, into personal meals

[Astepanuk]

I understand the oatmeal haters but I still enjoy a nice warm breakfast after waking up from a chilly tent. I pack the typical mountain house meals per day. One thing i really enjoy is the Idaho powder potatoes they are really filling and taste great. Also pack the same most trail mix and cliff bars during the day.

[todbartell]

• chocolate coconut chews, mango pomegranate chews, reese mini cups, 147kal per oz (turns into an unappetizing smashed bag of chocolate shit, likely will change this one out in future)
• Trail Mix with almonds, cashews, cranberries, blueberries, cherries, chocolate almonds, & chocolate acai berries, 142kal per oz
• Cliff Bar, nut butter filled, 127kal per oz
• dry salami, 120kal per oz
• Lipton chicken cup a soup, 115kal per oz (nice to cook up midday when glassing)
• Cliff Builder protein bar, 113kal per oz
• Mtn House dinner, various, avg is approx 77kal per oz

Coming in at 1.4lbs per day (w/ MH) , 2680 kcal . Approx breakdown of 28% fats, 56% carbs, 16% protein

[mmckimmi]

For anything less than four days / three nights I like cook pretty decent meals. Doing so means you're carrying a bit more weight but I feel it's worth it.

Burritos, breakfast or dinner:

Dehydrated black beans and ground venison
Deli meats
Bell pepper - optional but they keep relatively well at elevation.
Old fort cheese
Pesto torts

Deli meats keep pretty well in the cool alpine environment and can be used with dinner / breakfast.

Breakfast bagels:
Have you ever noticed the little Nalgene bottles that MEC sells. They come in various sizes, shapes and neck diameter? A bomb proof way to bring eggs- real eggs into the back country is to crack the eggs into these small Nalgene bottles. I can fit two small eggs into the bottles I have with little to no air left over.

Everything bagels
Deli meats
Cheese
REAL eggs
Bell pepper - optional

Pro Bar makes satchels of peanut and almond butter. They're 32 grams. Good fat content.
DIY trail mix can far exceed the kal / ounce value of most bars out there. Might be heavier...
Nuun tablets are a must.
landjaeger to go with lunch or deer/ bear pepperoni. Good salt content for those high output days.
Starbucks Via packets for coffee
Honey stinger waffles are way to tasty and very addictive, haha!


Here is a pretty cool article with recipes discussing the stoveless method. If you wanna go all out in terms of ultra light and zero comfort look no further haha.
It includes a 1200 calorie breakfast shake. I've been using a modified shake recipe and it's pretty good.
https://www.gohunt.com/read/skills/t...ist#gs.l41NGGs

[Big guns]

A few things I add is chocolate covered coffee beans and some pre workout powder before those nasty long climbs, really helps out. And salt pills as I get older really keeps the cramping away in the legs.

[twoSevenO]

Switch it up .... last time I brought dried mangoes and cashews and pepperoni as my daily lunch .... for like 4 days in a row. I cant even stand to look at another fricken cashew.

Stipid thing to do not switching it up and bringing some peanuts and almonds etc.

[Jordan f.]

Anybody eating the Solo bars? My buddy who sheep hunts introduced me to them on a bear hunt. Never buying a cliff bar again.

[twoSevenO]

guys does baybel cheese or any similar type keep well out of the fridge?

I want to take more fat & protein snacks and less complex carbs foods.

Thanks!

[Blockcaver]

Hard cheese like Asiago does well for me sheep hunting for 10+ days...not so for aged cheddar. It turns to a greasy mess that falls apart. I ate it anyway on a recent hunt, but back to Asiago for the future.