What to eat while truck camping

[jhm2023]

When doing a truck based camp for 4 days or less we typically prepare all of our dinner type foods before the trip and vacuum seal them. I rather spend my time fly fishing or looking for animals to shoot as opposed to cooking. One night is always a black bear brats and bacon cheeseburgers made from what every animal might be in the freezer prior to the trip.

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[pk_]

I stop in a nearby town on day 1 and buy 2 large pizzas. Stuff my face and throw all leftovers into big ziplocks. I can take some in the back pack. I can eat some at the truck. I hate having any extra cooking or cleaning to do while hunt camping.

I usually have sandwich stuffs, apples/oranges etc as well… but nothing fancy.

 

[Big Bore]

We pre make most of our meals, freeze in vacuum seal bags or freezer ziplocks, and then just heat the entire bag up in boiling water. Zero mess or clean up.

 

[saltfork]

I like to pre make meals and freeze them in those small aluminum pans. When truck camping, I bring along a small propane grill, takes just a few minutes to heat the meals up. Also works great for heating up pre made breakfast burritos.

 

[Bluumoon]

1/10 I do not recommend the canned spicy chili I ate last fall after forgetting my good premade stuff. Maybe one of the reasons I had to move across the unit to get back into the elk.

 

[Sprunk]

If you haven't found the "Hungry Jack" brand dehydrated hashbrowns give them a try. They come in a carton and you just add hot water, drain the water, and fry them. Light to pack, keep forever without refrigeration, and are very versatile and taste great.

 

[Newtosavage]

Curious what everyone likes to eat while hunting 4-6 nights camping near the truck. I have had issues with Mt.House causing constipation like dont go for days issues. Make fun but any help is appreciated. I have tried a few different meal brands, I assume elevation is part of it. And salty preservatives is the other.

I never eat freeze dried meals when I'm near my truck. Too expensive. I save those for the actual backcountry.

Every year I spend around 6-10 nights in my kodiak canvas tent with my truck parked next to it. My routine is pretty simple and it's the same every day. Two packets of instant oatmeal with walnuts and raisins thrown in for breakfast. I'm always eating lunch on the mountain so that's flatbread with a spam single, plus some chocolate of some type, plus a piece of fruit and some trail mix throughout the day. Supper is a can of whatever stew or soup I have with 1/2 of a cosmic brownie for dessert. Wash rinse and repeat.

That combo has served me very well now for 4-5 years. Easy to shop for too.

Only thing I have to clean is the small non-stick pot and my spoon for the stew. That's one paper towel/day. It takes me a week to fill up one plastic grocery bag with trash and that's mostly empty cans.

 

[Sprunk]

Supper is a can of whatever stew or soup I have with 1/2 of a cosmic brownie for dessert. Wash rinse and repeat.

I couldn't contain myself to only a half of a cosmic brownie though, once the seal is broken it's game over

 

[DunnCoHunter]

My brother and I both have our wives make a couple casseroles, lasagna or pasta and freeze them in disposable 9x13 tinfoil pans. We pack them in coolers and heat them up in my little tailgate camp grill. It’s awesome to have good food already prepared at the end of a long day. Just have to heat it up. And nothing tastes better than my wife’s cooking when I’m away!


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[Zappaman]

My brother and I both have our wives make a couple casseroles, lasagna or pasta and freeze them in disposable tinfoil pans. We pack them in coolers and heat them up in my little tailgate camp grill. It’s awesome to have good food already prepared at the end of a long day. Just have to heat it up. And nothing tastes better than my wife’s cooking when I’m away!


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Same great food... no wife around (just ribbin' ya!)

 

[DunnCoHunter]

Same great food... no wife around (just ribbin' ya!)

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[Newtosavage]

I couldn't contain myself to only a half of a cosmic brownie though, once the seal is broken it's game over

I do try to exercise some discipline. When my son comes to camp with me, he gets the other half. LOL

 

[Toledo]

Our traditional meal when truck or boat camping is Idahoan instant loaded mashed potatoes, bag ceasar salad, and grilled rib eyes.

Its actually quite simple. Steaks aren't going to make you sick if not cooked through. The protein and amino acids refuel the muscles. Its fast. And it sticks with you through a 2nd meal time.

 

[BearGuy]

Just a Coleman stove. Salad with chicken and beans is a great mid-hunt meal. Also a big plate of spaghetti is amazing at the end of a long day.

 

[Bert Vega]

Steak!

 

[Hill Difficulty]

I'm a minimalist hunt/fish truck camper. I go often and usually solo. No generators or fancy gear comforts and I don't eat bulky meals that load me down or require more than a small heating pot/small grill. Max gear would be hot tent tipi w/stove, a pickup truck, cooler, one-burner stove, portable grill.

I posted in June (#48) to brag about my $25 Charbroil propane grill. Since then I upgraded to one of these:

The current Amazon price at $109 is a bargain! Bombproof, rugged, easy, cooks meat fast. Grilled meat/fish on these things is something to behold, probably because cook smoke and moisture are so immediately contained.

TIP: Another truck camp essential for me is a one-burner butane stove. When my phone alarm clock goes off I hit the snooze , twist the ignition burner , ... little stove burner heats my tent and cooks my 4-cupper coffee pot by the time the alarm goes off again . Can't say enough about these portable butane stoves - you get a lot of burn time per $2 can of fuel! Way more mileage and rate of heat than any iso burner + the ability to warm up a tent will spoil for life.

 

[JoeDirt]

One cheap propane bbq
One small ceramic coated dutch oven (easy to clean)
One cooler for frozen food only
I vac pack and freeze Chili, Steaks, Clam Chowder, Dogs, Burger, Taco meat.

The only garbage is the vac pack bag or paper bowls/plates that I burn.

The frozen food cooler lasted 9 days bear hunting last year, some stuff was still frozen. What I didn't eat went back into my freezer at home

 

[Wyobohunter]

I keep a couple of steaks, bbq baked beans and instant mashed potatoes in a cooler. That’s what I eat if I head to the truck to resupply and end up sleeping there. I cook it on the cheap one burner Coleman propane stove I bring along.

 

[Wyobohunter]

Curious what everyone likes to eat while hunting 4-6 nights camping near the truck. I have had issues with Mt.House causing constipation like dont go for days issues. Make fun but any help is appreciated. I have tried a few different meal brands, I assume elevation is part of it. And salty preservatives is the other.

Also, mountain house is much higher in sodium than some other brands. Check out peak performance just to name one alternative.

 

[Huntin_GI]

Mostly trash.