Your best hunting snacks!

[ThreeTikkas]

Natures Valley crunchy oat and honey granola bars and lots of water. I can live on those things for a week if I had to. I do love bacon. heck I raise my own hogs. But the salt makes me extreamly thirsty. Could be that I never add salt to a meal,just don't like salt shaken on anything. OK if it's used in the preperation,but not from a shaker. I think therefore I'm a little sensitive to the stuff. I'd damn near kill for a piece of crispy bacon though. Sucks that it dries me out.

 

[Old Hunter]

Salt give me high blood pressure. I never eat the stuff. Which is why I don't eat jerky.

 

[Blaze]

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a staple for me when hunting. If I can take a thermos of coffee , I will take that too. PB & J is great with coffee. The trick to keeping the sandwich from getting too soggy is to put peanut butter on both slices of bread, then the jelly or jam doesn't soak into bread quite as bad. I also like the toasted almond granola bars from Natures Valley. Water is must, and sometimes I'll take a couple packets of flavor packets for a bottle of water. All depends on hunt situation thought, but PB&J is always with me. We always have plenty of home made jam on hand, tastes better when you've made it!

 

[Ikeepitcold]

This is a old thread but thought it would be good to resurrect it.

Anything new out there to add to this list?

 

[velvetfvr]

Love fiber plus bars and nature valley almond granola bars. Nutri grain strawberry granola bars are good also. Love having sun flower seeds also.

But when your out in the middle of the state, any kind of food tastes good!

 

[IDELKFVR]

I try and mix it up from day to day. Here some ideas that I have taken Pistachio nuts, apples, pepperoni , some trail mix, usually something with a little sugar for an energy boost like tootsie pop sucker, use to take smoked oyster in the can but not so much any more, sometimes a bagel I never take soda I always prefer water.

 

[RockChucker30]

My wife and i stick mostly to the Primal Diet. It's easiest to define this diet by what you don't eat, but I prefer to define something with its' positives.

We eat a lot of meat and vegetables, some fruit and nuts, and limit dairy (although I can tear up some 2-3 year aged Gouda). I don't eat sugar, grain - including bread, pasta, and basically ALL processed foods.

The point of this diet is to maintain steady blood sugar and insulin levels throughout the day, resulting in steady energy levels, better focus, no brain fog after lunch, etc.

I try to stick to it while hunting and backpacking as well. I eat a lot of jerky (my own recipe - you can limit salt and preservatives) almonds, pecans, walnuts, dried fruit, dehydrated sweet potatoes, etc. I like Lara bars and Kind bars as well, and for really hard physical exertion I pack GU gels to supplement.

 

[NVBird'n'Big]

I'm sure I mentioned it somewhere back in this thread but you can't beat a peanut butter and bacon sandwich when up on the mountain. Definitely my go to.

 

[25contender]

I got hooked on the honeystinger waffles and bars last year!! Its like a addiction!!

 

[Ikeepitcold]

My wife and i stick mostly to the Primal Diet. It's easiest to define this diet by what you don't eat, but I prefer to define something with its' positives.

We eat a lot of meat and vegetables, some fruit and nuts, and limit dairy (although I can tear up some 2-3 year aged Gouda). I don't eat sugar, grain - including bread, pasta, and basically ALL processed foods.

The point of this diet is to maintain steady blood sugar and insulin levels throughout the day, resulting in steady energy levels, better focus, no brain fog after lunch, etc.

I try to stick to it while hunting and backpacking as well. I eat a lot of jerky (my own recipe - you can limit salt and preservatives) almonds, pecans, walnuts, dried fruit, dehydrated sweet potatoes, etc. I like Lara bars and Kind bars as well, and for really hard physical exertion I pack GU gels to supplement.

Like me some smoked Gouda!

 

[Hilltop]

I make pineapple habanero deer jerky.... not too spicy or salty. Mix that with a good trail mix or cliff bars. Light to carry and plenty of nutrition for a day in the field.

 

[woodtick]

A Yeti 65 loaded with beer, salami, cheese and ice. J/K

 

[velvetfvr]

A Yeti 65 loaded with beer, salami, cheese and ice. J/K

My grandpa will be hunting with you then!

 

[woodtick]

HAHA thats ok with me!! I sure like having some good ole boys around.

 

[marcusvdk]

My own mix of trail mix. Peanuts cashews pecans m&m dark chocolate dried blueberries and rasins and dried cranberries

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[NVbowhnter]

We always bring dehydrated peaches, granola bars, and venison jerky. Sometimes we will smoke chicken legs in advance and bring those to, they make for a great recharge on protein.

 

[OregonJim]

I've caught a lot of flack for all the high fiber protein bars packed along over the years.
Unkowingly packed a hidden canister of Metamucil about 5 miles one day...

Last year I ran my first marathon and interestingly enough Gummy Bears were handed out at several stations.

I don't know if they gave me more energy or not but I'm gonna pack some along on my Spring Bear hunts.

My wife (who grew up in Northern CA- need I say more?) turned me on to these Blackberry Bliss "Chia Seed" squeeze packs.
I know I am almost ashamed to admit that I tried one.

They are kind of like the energy goo packs, that runners use, but a little more slimy.......as soon as I tried one I thought about using it on pack in hunts.

 

[hoshour]

This is a tough one for me. Most of the items listed here are basically junk food, along with some dried fruit & PB&J. I am trying to change what I eat because I developed an addiction to chocolate, sugar, fat and salt so that when I have a bite, I'm like an alcoholic with his first drink - off to the races, throwing down everything I can find. When I was young, it made no difference in weight but once I started a desk job in my 30s I gained 1-2 pounds/year. Now, I'm working hard to lose it this year. So far, I'm down 15 pounds, thanks to a no-tolerance policy on the stuff above and 5 days a week at the gym. I've got another 25 to go before fall and I'm feeling stronger and more energetic.

So, I think my no-tolerance policy on sweets and the salty or fatty stuff is going to be in place from now on, which knocks out nearly all of what you guys take along for snacks.

Don't laugh, but a friend of mine who changed his diet and looks great swears by snacking on kale. Kale has the highest nutritional value of any food and is light and cheap. Plus, I found that once I quit eating fats and sugars my taste buds changed completely to where the natural taste of things really comes alive and things I didn't use to like, I do now. And, anything with much fat tastes disgustingly greasy and sugary stuff tastes way more sugary than it used to. I may try his kale idea on some short hikes, maybe also take some dried fruit, though despite the name it tends to be heavy to carry.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

My own home made jerky!

 

[Hilltop]

This is a tough one for me. Most of the items listed here are basically junk food, along with some dried fruit & PB&J. I am trying to change what I eat because I developed an addiction to chocolate, sugar, fat and salt so that when I have a bite, I'm like an alcoholic with his first drink - off to the races, throwing down everything I can find. When I was young, it made no difference in weight but once I started a desk job in my 30s I gained 1-2 pounds/year. Now, I'm working hard to lose it this year. So far, I'm down 15 pounds, thanks to a no-tolerance policy on the stuff above and 5 days a week at the gym. I've got another 25 to go before fall and I'm feeling stronger and more energetic.

So, I think my no-tolerance policy on sweets and the salty or fatty stuff is going to be in place from now on, which knocks out nearly all of what you guys take along for snacks.

Don't laugh, but a friend of mine who changed his diet and looks great swears by snacking on kale. Kale has the highest nutritional value of any food and is light and cheap. Plus, I found that once I quit eating fats and sugars my taste buds changed completely to where the natural taste of things really comes alive and things I didn't use to like, I do now. And, anything with much fat tastes disgustingly greasy and sugary stuff tastes way more sugary than it used to. I may try his kale idea on some short hikes, maybe also take some dried fruit, though despite the name it tends to be heavy to carry.

If you make your own, you can do very low sodium venison jerky. I have made a few batches with zero sodium that weren't too bad. Try using fruit, vegetables, and peppers to flavor your meat.