Do you?
- Thread starter triton
- Start date
- Location
- AB foothills
Try the SOTO micro regulator stove, best canister stove I have used. I used to hate most of them as well. Canister stove technology is a changin (finally), Jet boil has something similar to the SOTO now as well, or so I have heard.
What is a mountain house meal?
I just bag some goodies in the morning before heading out. Landjaeger is pretty key. So is jerky. Trail mix with lots of nuts (no peanuts) and raisins. Slices of apple. Carrots and celery sticks. Cheese cubes. Maybe a hard-boiled egg. And I normally make a drink, two tea bags, the puree of a peach, a half-liter of water, and a few slices of lemon. Bring everything to a boil the night before, leave it to cool. In the morning, strain it into a water container of choice - naturally sweetened with just a bit of caffeine. Good follow-up to the black double-strong I use to get me going.
Hot food while hunting? When I'm in the field I'm there to hunt, not to eat. I'll go for days on cold food, just because a stove is added weight.
Mind you it is kind nice to come back to a real camp with hot food at night.
Mind you it is kind nice to come back to a real camp with hot food at night.
beretta boy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Orillia, Ontario
Hunted for may years with a group of 10-12 west of Algonquin Park in the Parry Sound District, with hounds, second week of the season ... almost always some - to lots of - snow on the ground. Lunch and the tea pail were always packed the night before. A noon fire boiled up water (or snow) for the tea , warmed fingers and toes ... and toasted sandwiches. This was in the years pre-Gortex and Thinsulate.
A couple of youngsters came out one day with the dog-puncher/guide, and were left to stay with the fire after lunch. They threw snowballs at the deer that came in front of the hounds on the first run of the afternoon ... tracks on the ground proved the deer actually jumped over the noon fire. A couple of the crew often lit small fires of birch bark, twigs and samll dead sticks to warm up their fingers. They were often the only ones that got shooting.
The deer in that part of the world were somewhat accustomed to hearing skidders and chainsaws and didn't seem overly alarmed by a small fire. On the other hand, lately I've watched a more than a few deer give a wide berth downwind to a four-wheeler ... even when it's been parked for an hour or two.
A couple of youngsters came out one day with the dog-puncher/guide, and were left to stay with the fire after lunch. They threw snowballs at the deer that came in front of the hounds on the first run of the afternoon ... tracks on the ground proved the deer actually jumped over the noon fire. A couple of the crew often lit small fires of birch bark, twigs and samll dead sticks to warm up their fingers. They were often the only ones that got shooting.
The deer in that part of the world were somewhat accustomed to hearing skidders and chainsaws and didn't seem overly alarmed by a small fire. On the other hand, lately I've watched a more than a few deer give a wide berth downwind to a four-wheeler ... even when it's been parked for an hour or two.
Sure you're there to eat. Well, you're there for future you to eat anyways.
