Quieting snacks/food?

[Suther]

So I've been doing a lot of thinking about food while hunting, and the fact that most things come wrapped in the loudest, crinkliest, crunchiest packaging ever invented. I'm talking things like granola bars, cliff bars, fruit snacks...

It is not uncommon for me to leave the truck in the morning and not come back til dark, and I don't like to spend time cooking food so I eat a lot of pepperoni, cheese, bars, mixed nuts, etc. and don't pack a stove unless I have a reason to.

I often put stuff into ziplocks but they're not particularly quiet either, plastic containers aren't as noisy when you touch them but they create more noise while walking as the stuff inside them shakes around... So, what do you guys do to reduce the sound created by your food?

 

[Deanx]

Stretch Wrap, not silent but way quieter than zip lock

 

[yomomma]

 

[timandkimandshea]

And velcro. Ugghhh.

 

[yomomma]

And velcro. Ugghhh.

You could use a string...

 

[new210/22]

There is a company called abeego. They make a beeswax coated cloth wrap. Silent, reusable and it works well. Once in a while the hippies get something right.

 

[CoonT]

Only eat what you kill

 

[mark222]

I throw a handful of venison pepperettes in my pocket loose. When I'm hungry I eat them lint and all. Apples and bananas are quiet to unwrap too.

 

[ironsighter]

Only eat what you kill

Yep. Or

"Hunt hungry."

 

[M&P 40]

Step 1) Remove food from noisy packaging
Step 2) Wrap food up in paper towels
Step 3) Enjoy snacks / food quietly

 

[verminaard]

Step 1) Remove food from noisy packaging
Step 2) Wrap food up in paper towels
Step 3) Enjoy snacks / food quietly

Yup.

Though that beeswax cloth sounds interesting for sandwiches. Keep that bread stick to the roof of your mouth moist. Paper towels can dry out the bread by the time I have my afternoon pb&j. Unless I forgot butter before slathering on the jam... or used too much... then it has probably soaked through.

 

[rkm456]

You guys are out long enough to need food while you're out there?

 

[bcsteve]

I think you’re overthinking this way too much.

 

[greenjeepguy100]

Make a game of it. Move when the wind picks up, or a plane flies by, or a noisy pickup revs up the hill.

 

[JToews]

Huh, and I thought the crinkly wrappers were supposed to be attracting the deer.

 

[mb9]

I throw a handful of venison pepperettes in my pocket loose. When I'm hungry I eat them lint and all. Apples and bananas are quiet to unwrap too.

Lol lint and all....that's a serious hunter for sure.

 

[verminaard]

You guys are out long enough to need food while you're out there?

Sure. If I am taking a week off for hunting, I am spending as much time out there as possible. In before first light, out after last light on most days.

The cams will get activity any time of the day and guys push the neighbouring lands, so things can stroll through at any time. All it takes is one or two cam reviews seeing something come through while I was gone, or fresh tracks right through my shooting lanes, to anchor me in place now.

 

[phinton81]

Not entirely silent but Zip-Loc bags are quieter than regular packaging and/or wrappers. I often buy my hunting food/snacks at the Bulk Barn and transferring small portions to smaller Zip-Loc bags is easy, effective, reusable and re-sealable.

Patrick

 

[RidgeHunter]

A lot of the local grocery stores have been selling these reusable produce and bulk food bags. They look like a silk or nylon cloth bag with a draw string. Supposed to replace the usual produce bags on a roll. They’re totally quiet and weigh next to nothing.
I haven’t used them myself but I will be giving them a go this season.
I usually make up my own jerky, dried fruits, trail mix etc and they go into a vacuum seal bag. But I’ll be pulling them out of the plastic vacuum bags and throwing them in these in the morning before I head out.

 

[Big bore dinosaur]

I've been doing a protien shake,, sure I guzzle it like I little piggy, but it dosent spook game..
I pre cut my granola bar wrappers with some scissors so they open easier..... still sounds loud in the stand