Lunch when hunting?

Ahh, the ole manifold lunch wagon. I usually toss some bean or green chile burritos or maybe some tamales when its close to Xmas on the manifold on my last stand before snooze time.
Noon or 1 o'clock means grub and a snooze in the shade of the truck or a big mesquite, then back out at 3 till sundown.
 
Always take too much food, here in wyoming if things go wrong in the winter and your not prepared you end up dead. Generally it's just jerky,chips, cookies, water, and beer in case we get stuck somewhere. Everything is so spread out it takes too much time to come back to town where all there is subway and truck stop.
 
I worked with a guy who, with a partner, ran a trap line(so did I btw). They used sardines for coon bait. After a couple days of going thru far more bait than he thought they had used, he looked up to see his partner dipping his mud and blood stained fingers into the bait and snacking down.

Who needs lunch anyway?

CB
 
The last couple of years during fire season some of my fellow fire fighters have starting buying the large bags of trail mix from Wal Mart. The Tropical and Paradise varieties are really good. It's handy for a quick snack out in the field.
 
I'm usually hunting out of the back of my van or a tent and rarely got to town for food. Instant coffee and oatmeal cookies for breakfast, a 1/4 lb dry salami and a bagel in my pocket and break off a chunk as needed, soup and a bagel for dinner most nights and a hot chocolate with brandy as I crawl in to the sleeping bag.

AWS
 
We usally cook a warm meal while hunting. Warm up the burritos first in the early am. Then put some green chile chicken enchiladas or a stew in the cooker and about lunch time you have a fully cooked meal.
 
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I generally hunt in remote areas and there aren't too many places to eat in the middle of nowhere. I always take sandwiches, snacks, fruit, water and juice when I go hunting. You just never know how the hunt will go. I wouldn't want to waste too much time looking for something to eat, especially if the hunting is good. MI VHNTR
 
I always bring lunch with. Sometimes I'll use the pickup engine to heat it up. If its cold enough outside, I'll just crank the heat and throw my sandwich on the dash.
 
I always keep some canned stuff in the little Suzuki and one of those little lunch box 12 volt cookers us truckers used to use on the road. Nothing like a hot meal of chili and hot dogs when winter gets here. Sit in the warm cab and watch the snow while eating and figuring where the next set will be.

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All day out I take two pbj (made with apple butter and crunchy peanut butter/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif), jerky, a couple small snickers, and a 16 oz water. I make the sammiches the night before and wrap them in wax paper and set a frying pan on them to press them down good and flat in the ice chest then put everything in ziplocks in my maxpidetion fatmax and I'm good to go all day. There's nothing better than sitting on the side of a hill with a good view of nothing but God's green earth, watching for critters, and eating a special Trashcan Flattened PBJ. Now I'm hungry /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif time to go raid the fridge here at work.
Trashcan
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Pepperoni roll(s) - the West Virginia treat...

Pepperoni rolled into bread dough and baked. Then, cut open and insert mozzerella cheese and maybe mild peppers... Or just plain. Available at most grocery stores in the state.
 
Canned whole smoked oysters warmed on the defroster or manifold slapped on Ritz crackers with a shot of Louisiana Hot sauce are one on my favorite "hunting" snacks.

Ritzs, PB and horseradish also rate high on the list.

Bottled water and a few ice cold Miller Lites are generally found in the cooler. Beer for after the hunt,of course.
Deer Sausage and jerky and hot pepper cheese work also.

You won't go hungry hunting with me or my buds.

Clayman
 
The area around my place is sparsely populated with ranches and farms. If I went to town for lunch, I would know a lot of the people in the cafe. They would ask what I was doing and since there isn't much farming going on in the winter, they would soon be out coyote hunting. I prefer to hunt all day and not see anyone. I even like stupid coyotes better than educated ones, so I'll bring a lunch and leave the bubbas in the cafe instead of calling coyotes.

"Yes Dear" makes my lunch soI get a couple carrot sticks. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif and an apple. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Of course by the time I eat the sandwiches I make and a cookie or 9, I have no room for the vegan stuff. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
Here in Iowa, I usually just call till noon. But, when on a calling trip. We usually find a good shade tree and enjoy:

- Salami and crackers (favorite)
- Spam and crackers (grosses my partners out)
- PB crackers or Cheese crackers packages(easy and cheap from Walmart)
- Mt Dew (An absolute must to be an effective caller. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

Some of our best calling areas are 2 hours or more from the nearest town.

Tony
 
What ever's laying around usually. PB&Honey, chips, pop, bananas, salami and crackers if we have some. My dad has fire fighting business, so we always have MREs on hand. Those are goooood, sometimes you get short cake /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
I don't like to spend too much time eating while I'm out hunting, so I usually take along a meal replacement bar (Myoplex, etc.) and a drink to replace electrolytes (like Propel). I usually do this during the middle of the night when I'm hunting, too.

The way I look at it, there's not much I'm going to fix that going to taste very good anyway, so I might as well eat on the move and make the most of it with regards to eating something that will keep my energy up. I used to drink a lot of coffee during the middle of the night, but I noticed that the caffeine dehydrated me too much and I'd end up getting cramps in my legs the next morning. I usually limit myself to 1 cup during the night now and drink water or on of those Propel drinks instead.

Take care and God Bless,

Rusty
 
Years ago I won one of those cheap little BBQ grills that usually come loaded with some quick fire charcoal. I wasn't much impressed with it but tossed it in my hunting box just the same. One day just for grins I brought along some steaks and used the grill fro the first time. Man I'll never be in the field without one ever again. Its quick to light and safe to use even in the driest conditions. Simply set it up on the tail gate and light 'er up (toss in some mesquette sticks for flavor if you like) and let 'er settle while fussing around getting the chairs (usually our calling stools), the cooler set up and Bills little plastic table (another item everybody should have) set up. Cook steaks sandwiches or what ever you want. On cold days it can take te edge off like a camp fire without the fuss. When done pour in some water, dump out the water and save the charcoal in a bucket for the next meal. You can reuse charcoal for several meals. Works great, it's clean and safe.
 
WOW!!! This has gotten a lot better response than I expected! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
It seems most of us take something along, which is kinda what I figured.
I have heard of those "manifold" meals, but never tried them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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