A boiled ham is great for slapping sandwiches together. Being close to Montreal, we would also pack a slab of smoked meat. Steaks were for the arrival meal. Things stay frozen amazingly well wrapped in newspaper and in a cooler - but either label it or memorize what's inside so that you don't open it unnecessarily.
Menu Ideas for flyout
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Pathfinder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Northeast Ontario
We usually have a home spaghetti sauce ready for the first day we get in to camp (or home chili). After that we have an assortment of roasts and at least one day of fish (Pickerel or Salmon). Sheppards Pie usually comes up that week and im sure Im forgetting lots. Mind you this works because we usually have one guy that doesn't hunt much and prefers to stick around the camp on most days and cooks. Having a lot of this stuff done in advance will save a lot of time.
Beer and game stew
Curry powder with tomato and pumpkin and game
Flat bread like pita for easy transport vs sliced bread, can also be stuffed with pepperoni and cheese and tomato for pizza pita for lunch
If you like seafood, get some of those giant shrimp from costco for 20 bucks, wrap them in bacon and skew with some peppers and onions for a quick dinner or lunch.
Curry powder with tomato and pumpkin and game
Flat bread like pita for easy transport vs sliced bread, can also be stuffed with pepperoni and cheese and tomato for pizza pita for lunch
If you like seafood, get some of those giant shrimp from costco for 20 bucks, wrap them in bacon and skew with some peppers and onions for a quick dinner or lunch.
M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
X2!! We would always make a big a$$ pot of moose chilli as well. Good for the first couple of days and gone by the time a guy gets tired of it. Paper bowls and metal cutlery, not much clean up. Canned salmon or tuna, couple loaves of pumpernickel, bit of mayo and there's a fast lunch. I come back from most extended hunts about 5 pounds lighter as well...which is a good thing
It totally depends on a few factors, how much space and weight you have for food, what kind of cooking facilities you have in camp, what temps can be expected for that week (frost at night?) and the pallatte of the parties involved.
Does cooking usually fall to one member or do you rotate?
There is no end of good grub that requires little cooking talent and no refigeration, eggs, pasta, rice, spuds, canned hams, fruit, some veggies, onions, cup-o-soup, Bisquick, saltine crackers, Ichiban noodles, French or rye bread, cheeses, kraft dinner, some types of mushrooms, many types of sausages, well cured ham, smoked meats and fish, bacon. And if you are getting frost at night this list can double.
Most red meats will keep easily for a week if previously sealed, frozen and wrapped in 5 or 6 layers of newspaper as long as it is not allowed to warm above 5 deg C or 40 deg F. If you do get frost at night even better. Even milk will keep for a week in this environment.
Does cooking usually fall to one member or do you rotate?
There is no end of good grub that requires little cooking talent and no refigeration, eggs, pasta, rice, spuds, canned hams, fruit, some veggies, onions, cup-o-soup, Bisquick, saltine crackers, Ichiban noodles, French or rye bread, cheeses, kraft dinner, some types of mushrooms, many types of sausages, well cured ham, smoked meats and fish, bacon. And if you are getting frost at night this list can double.
Most red meats will keep easily for a week if previously sealed, frozen and wrapped in 5 or 6 layers of newspaper as long as it is not allowed to warm above 5 deg C or 40 deg F. If you do get frost at night even better. Even milk will keep for a week in this environment.
The last three years have been super hot. We hunt the end of Sept. beginning of Oct. and haven't had a frost yet. Last year spent more time in shorts than in huntin' gear! Hope we have some colder weather this year.
I have used a lot of the freeze dried stuff, IMO most of it tastes like sh!t. However Kraft dinner, sidekicks etc are very tasty and much cheaper. Also the nong shim noodles are outstanding. You can also dehydrate your own sauces and stuff in your oven. Check out "freezer bag cooking" its a website for making your own camp food. Good luck with bullwinkle.
Great idea I'll have to look into that. How good of a vac packer would a person need? Would the good old FoodSaver from Ukrainian Tire work or do you need something sturdier?
Foodsaver will do but get the highest end version available. I use a Cabelas brand one (on Cabelas.ca for about $450) but I also vac packed a moose, an elk, a hundred or so birds and two pigs last year.
Do you fly in every year?
Just a heads up that the TC rules have changed for 703 (most floatplane operators).
They are using segmented weight charts for passengers that have reduced payloads a bit. Either that or they are walking passengers across the scales, which may work in your favour, or not.
Definitely worth your while to call the operator and see what your target is going to be for weight.
Just a heads up that the TC rules have changed for 703 (most floatplane operators).
They are using segmented weight charts for passengers that have reduced payloads a bit. Either that or they are walking passengers across the scales, which may work in your favour, or not.
Definitely worth your while to call the operator and see what your target is going to be for weight.
1GLOCKAHOLIC
Regular
- Location
- SW Ontario.
Each guy in our camp makes 1 or 2 pre cooked meals then freezes them in a tinfoil baking dish this way they stack up. At the end of the day hunting you only need to throw the dish over a fire or in a barbeque or the camp oven to heat your dinnner up. Meals tipically include the usual, a lasagna a shepherds pie, mac and cheese, a roast sliced in gravy with mashed taters, cabbage rolls a hearty stew with a loaf of bread and steaks one night to throw on the fire. just remember you wont have the energy to prepare a meal at night its nice just to heat something up quickly.
Our outfit weighs everything going on the plane including us. Guess I better start dieting!
You never said what aircraft type you use.
I've made split pea soap a couple times, just froze the whole thing solid. I've also found that stove top stuffing is a good side as its a small dry package you add water and some butter to.
Good luck with the moose, I'm looking forward to moose hunting again in a couple years, our area had an "improvement" last year, once the underbrush comes back hopefully we'll have moose
Good luck with the moose, I'm looking forward to moose hunting again in a couple years, our area had an "improvement" last year, once the underbrush comes back hopefully we'll have moose
That is a good sign that you are flying with a quality company. Excellent choice!
Although weight isn't as much of a concern when I go hunting (as we boat in), we use frozen chilli and spaghetti sauce as ice packs, and eat them later in the trip.
A good water filter like the msr miniworks will save weight rather than hauling bottled water, leaving room for beer
.Although you said you have no love for freeze dried, some powdered eggs and a couple of just add water lunches can really lighten the load. The just add water pancakes are suprisingly good as well.
Good luck and have fun!
Moose Masher
CGN Regular
- Location
- Oak Hammok Manitoba
Weight of food and drink shouldn't really be a problem.
If you figure you're weights to come out with a moose, then going in you're food and drink can basically weigh what the moose does.
That's plenty of leeway to feed four guys for a week.
Bring what ever you want.
If you want to try new things it's probably best tested at home.
A fly out trip is not the place to find out something is not to your taste.
We usually do what lots of guys have said, freeze stew, chili, spaghetti sauce etc. and use it as ice packs.
Oatmeal and fruit for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch.
Granola bars, trail mix etc. for snacks.
Same old, same old.
After a full day of hunting all the old standards taste pretty darn good anyway.
If you figure you're weights to come out with a moose, then going in you're food and drink can basically weigh what the moose does.
That's plenty of leeway to feed four guys for a week.
Bring what ever you want.
If you want to try new things it's probably best tested at home.
A fly out trip is not the place to find out something is not to your taste.
We usually do what lots of guys have said, freeze stew, chili, spaghetti sauce etc. and use it as ice packs.
Oatmeal and fruit for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch.
Granola bars, trail mix etc. for snacks.
Same old, same old.
After a full day of hunting all the old standards taste pretty darn good anyway.
I've never done any fly in hunts, but all of my hunts are hike in (10-15km) and multi day. Weight is a premium, as is space. I like taking MRE's, jerky, kraft dinner...basically just enough that I won't starve to death while I'm out there. Theres a lake nearby, so I usually end up with at least one fish over the fire at the end of the day. Its not the most appetizing week, but I'm not out there to eat good, I'm out there to eat good for the rest of the year.
