Food Supply for Hunting in remote areas accessible by Bushplane only.

Alpine Aire and Westcoast Kitchen taste better

Minute rice, instant noodles, fire bannock, sunflower seeds, dried fruit, nuts and salami and jerky (that bacon jerky is good and very calorie dense) are cheaper and taste better. Add some envelope instant sauces or instant bisto to your rice, not exactly healtg food but calorie dense.
 
Rice, nuts, jerky, small tins of smoked oystery, tuna.

Depends on how many days in the back country you spend. The MREs have more calories and usually have a variety for main course, desert, snack and hydration. The US HDR is created for civilians of all age groups. Best all around MRE in my XP if you are looking for a turnkey meal in the bush and cost isn't a concern.
 
I think ziplock bags of minute rice and cut up beef jerky is lightweight and nutritious
The boiling water reconstitutes the jerky and makes it soft again
 
I lived on this stuff fly in outfitting, used to buy freeze dried by the literal pallet.

We liked Peak Refuel, available in bulk from Briden Solutions in Calgary, but overall used a medley to mix up flavours with different brands. None of the freeze dried is perfect, but it’s serviceable. For breakfast we didn’t like any of the hot options, most popular was the Mountain House blueberry granola with milk, just add cold water. Freeze dried strawberries were mighty popular. And the high calorie, low sodium snacks (dark choc with nuts etc) never survived a mountain hunting trip. Choose foods with lots of fibre, stay away from rice and instant noodles on long trips. You’ll figure out why.

If you’re spending 2 weeks afield in a stretch, you want more than minute rice and jerky, food is one of the things in life cost is the secondary concern and helps keep a trip positive.
 
We dehydrate our own meals! Easy cheap and delicious!
The only I vestment is a dehydrator, a few hundred $$ and you’re good for life!
 
Grouse and fish from the bush. Canned food from home. Dehydrate your own veggies and fruit. Vaccuum seal soup, rice meals, etc.

All the sodium and preservatives in backpacker food is really not good for you at all.
 
Minute rice, instant just add water pancake mix, instant noodles, instant oatmeal, peanut butter, protein powder, canned fish in oil. Also you add clarified butter, ghee, to the peanut / nut butter for extra calories. Clarified butter had the milk solids removed so its significantly more shelf stable.
 
Freeze dried meals are not at all the same as dehydrated ones. Freeze dried food is lighter and will ‘cook’ by just adding hot water, while most dehydrated meals require some boiling. Often a fair bit. I don’t know a single backpack backcountry hunter using dehydrated meals. The time and fuel savings very much favors FD.

Dehydrators are inexpensive, and work well for jerky, fruit snacks, etc.

Consumer freeze driers are much more expensive. I’ve looked at getting a home freeze drier set up many times, but the RoI seemed a little out there. Tho with the current prices of freeze dried meals it may be worth looking at again.

We eat a bit from many companies. Picking and choosing our favorites from each. MH, Alpine Aire, Peak Refuel and others. I’m going to try out a few ‘new to me’ Canadian brands on some spring bear trips here soon.
 
vagrantonwalkabout said:
Minute rice, instant just add water pancake mix, instant noodles, instant oatmeal, peanut butter, protein powder, canned fish in oil. Also you add clarified butter, ghee, to the peanut / nut butter for extra calories. Clarified butter had the milk solids removed so its significantly more shelf stable.
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That diet sounds like a dietary cork I’m afraid. Two weeks of that and you’d be eating bark to get the trains running on time again.

LittleBoyLefty said:
Freeze dried meals are not at all the same as dehydrated ones. Freeze dried food is lighter and will ‘cook’ by just adding hot water, while most dehydrated meals require some boiling. Often a fair bit. I don’t know a single backpack backcountry hunter using dehydrated meals. The time and fuel savings very much favors FD.

Dehydrators are inexpensive, and work well for jerky, fruit snacks, etc.

Consumer freeze driers are much more expensive. I’ve looked at getting a home freeze drier set up many times, but the RoI seemed a little out there. Tho with the current prices of freeze dried meals it may be worth looking at again.

We eat a bit from many companies. Picking and choosing our favorites from each. MH, Alpine Aire, Peak Refuel and others. I’m going to try out a few ‘new to me’ Canadian brands on some spring bear trips here soon.
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Well said, big difference between freeze dried and dehydrated. When it’s gotta be ultralight and easy, and use the least possible fuel, it’s gotta be freeze dried. Let alone the 20 year shelf life.
 
If you prepare your hunt well enough one wouldn't need much "freeze dried" stuff.

All legit outfitters I went with didn't serve that ####t. Didn't know the freeze dried folks took over.

Less carbon tax for the NDP boys, I guess ?
 
True that freezdried food ain’t the same as dehydrated, but I did lots of long trip and I can tell you that dehydrated food does just fine, some of it need more time than just boiling water, but 99% of our meals are cook on fire so not an issue! Plus I can dehydrate lasagna, shepherds pie, soups and none of it look like a pile of #### in the bottom of bag lol!!
 
One thing I'll add, whatever brand you decide on, try 1 or 2 before going on your trip. It's definitely going to be a little pricey but better to find out at home that something doesn't agree with your stomach. I found that out the hard way on a back country camping trip on the Bruce Trail here in Ontario. If you dehydrate your own its likely not an issue.
 
First find out the weight limit of the plane you are flying in on. Then plan what you will take.
Test everything before you rely on it to sustain you.
 
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