Backcountry guilty pleasure

[thinhorn_AK]

12 pack of white claws.

 

[RockAndSage]

Glassing with one pocket full of sunflower seeds, and another full of mini toostie rolls, alternating back and forth over the hours.

 

[SikaHuntaa]

I will get KFC, Maccas or Subway for my walk in lunch + dinner. Nice to be a fatty before the hunting starts.

Other than that I will pack a couple energy drinks just as a pick me up, don't drink coffee or eat breakfast so it helps on the sore days

 

[HogWash]

I’m in that same boat man!

At least both of you got to hunt last year! I was so busy that for the first time in my life I didn’t get to spend a single day in the field during season. It was painful. I’d rather eat a tag sandwich any day than not get to hunt at all! Here’s to a better year for all of us.

 

[Moser1323]

With ultralight everything, sawing handles off toothbrushes (or not bringing them), etc. what is a creature comfort you drag with you regardless of the weight penalty? IE fingernail clippers, book, bourbon, anything goes

A couple beers. If less than 2 miles lol

 

[MosquitoCoast]

REI packable camp chair weighs less than a pound and I take a temper posture pedic mini pillow.

 

[S.Clancy]

Mine is always food. I have brought the following at some time or another on backpack hunts:

6 pack PBR tall boys
multiple cans of pringles
giant bag of Fritos
multiple burritos
a pizza
turkey sandwiches for 3 days
eggs

The list goes on and on and on. Back in the day working for the USFS cutting in new trail I hauled 20lb of watermelon 5 miles into the job site.

 

[markhugus]

cheese

 

[highcountrymuley]

I'm with u on the Pringles, Clancy. Pnut butter and the sandwich thins bread. Flask of tequila. Trail mix/gorp weighs alot but I love it.

 

[BCDJR]

3 flashlights

 

[streamguy]

Frozen steaks that thaw for the first night. And scotch, ardbeg or port charles

 

[BRDHUNTER]

Coors light

 

[Diamondback]

A pint of Bulleit whiskey. I pack in some summer sausage, jerky, cheese, corn nuts, etc. Bad cardboard tasting food automatically puts me in a bad mood.

 

[JLH208]

More of just a luxury item but a Flextail zero pump for the pad. The deflation feature is equally handy, worth the 1.2 ounces. Also a goal zero solar crush lantern, but if I had to only take one it would be the flextail.


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[NealMustard]

I pack bricks of food early in season and grab them as needed through the season for various trips. Each one contains a surprise food or bonus item. Sometimes I get to plan my meals for the day around cooking or consuming that extra item to break up the monotony of freeze dried and snack bars. Items may include a second breakfast, a freeze dried dessert, hot cocoa, a high quality instant coffee, herbal tea.

I try to keep a bunch of music downloaded and especially silly songs that will make me smile when I'm out by myself.

Two sayings I live by are

"If its a problem a cookie can solve, then its not a real problem."

"Smile or you’re doing it wrong."

My guilty pleasures are built around living by those sayings.

 

[RockAndSage]

I pack bricks of food early in season and grab them as needed through the season for various trips. Each one contains a surprise food or bonus item. Sometimes I get to plan my meal planning for the day around cooking or consuming that extra item and it breaks up the monotony of freeze dried and snack bars. Items may include a second breakfast, a freeze dried dessert, hot cocoa, a high quality instant coffee, herbal tea.

Man, that is a killer idea. Would enjoy seeing some photos of how you pack up these food bricks, and what they look like.

 

[NealMustard]

Man, that is a killer idea. Would enjoy seeing some photos of how you pack up these food bricks, and what they look like.

This is the best photo of them I have sitting on my phone.

In each bag is a few things for drinks each day. Something caffeinated, something salty, and something sweet. Typically it’s Starbucks via, Swiss Miss, LMNT, or liquid IV. Honestly I just buy whatever is on rebate at Costco. That manages to keep a decent bit of variety in the mix.

For snacks I carry about 1500 calories in ready to eat food each day. The only things that haven’t changed ever are that I eat 2 pro bars a day and a belvita cinnamon almond butter biscuit with my morning coffee. The rest of the snacks vary with whatever is on sale at Costco.

Depending on the season I carry 1-2 freeze dried meals a day. I have access to a freeze dryer and typically make my own meals. If I’m using commercially available freeze dried food I repackage it into 1 quart ziploc bags

I typically make 5-10 bricks at a time. I put all of the above mentioned foods into a 1 gallon ziploc bag such that they fold nicely into a brick shape.

There are better ways to pack food for trips. If I was better at planning I would pack more real food and less food that doesn’t rot. I’m lazy, and my body hasn’t started rejecting any of the food I pack along so I’ll keep doing this for a while longer.