What food for backpack hunting?

MOUNTAIN HOUSE!!!!!!!!! great stuff!! also cliff bars. if there is more than 1 person, those IDAHO instant potatoes are awsome but they make a tone of potatoes, way to much for me to eat by myself. but there light so they make the trip. there are lots of other types of noodles that are a lot better than romen noddles, kind of like complete meals. i cant think of names but if you look around in your grocery store you'll see them. basically anything that just takes boiling water usually is real light .

oh, and i also will take a couple cans of beef stew or other can foods in each time i go scouting. they are a good treat back in. i put them in a hole or under a stump then when i go in i get them out at my main camp. but when i leave i ABSOLUTLY pack out all the cans

I use Mountain House, you can get it in single serve or for two. These are great meals and provide some well need energy when backpacking. I just picked up a bunch from Sportsman's.... These are my favorites -Rice and chicken, Chicken Teriyaki with rice - Sweet and sour pork with rice, and Spaghetti and meat balls. This being said all of these meals need at lest 1 cup of water (heated up) to complete the meal, if you are at an altitude were there is no water this could create a problem. And for breakfast I take in the instant oatmeal!!

+1 on the Mtn House!!! its really not that bad of stuff, i know i will be taking some on one of this years hunts and ill be staying in a trailer, its easy, quick etc

i also like Killerbee on packing things that will "keep" during summer scouting!! good info there

9er

+2 Mountain House, they are good and very healthy like said above. Cabelas also sells them. I also take power bars, cliff bars and granola bars. You will need a little stove or just a fire to bring the water to a slight boil. But they seem to be the way to go.

Thai Kitchen meals are great and usually have coconut milk (high in fat), dried beans that easily rehydrate in a Nalgene bottle, lots of jerkies to add to Ramen noodles. Asian food stores have a large variety of add hot water meals. Oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc... I add grapeseed oil to my morning mush to sustain extra energy. :thumb
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What kind of cooking system do you use?

You can save weight by using Jetboil systems or MSR's new Reactor system. You won't use as much fuel due to their efficient designs. So you can carry less! 10sign:

Chris

thanks for ideas guys. we will probably be using a couple of little one burner gas stoves, the work good for getting things boiling. as for fire, right now we are planing on camping fairly close to were we are hunting so it will more than likely be cold camping.

Cans of tuna, salmon and chicken work well too. I like to mix these with ramen noodles or eat it plain with crackers or a tortilla. I also eat a lot of Balance bars when hiking, they're excellent and loaded with nutrition. My favorite flavor is the Yogurt/ honey peanut. Clif bars are good to for snacking. For filtering water I use a PUR filter. I also use Potable Aqua and PA plus pills to get rid of Giardia Lamblia.

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