Turkey hunting forum for turkey hunting tips

We all know what shells you shoot, choke yah use and how many pellets you're installing in the 10@40...

We all know what call maker you support, what striker material is king and what your pappy used...

I wanna know, what's in your your turkey vest as far as favorite snack???

To me, hunting season wouldnt even be without Vienna Sausages, Peanut MnM's OT the likes of Little Debbie peanut butter things riding shotgun in our glovebox or vest.

Something as small as the snack we partake in during our time afield can be so strong in the memory bank from our youth. Almost like smelling campfire in summer, immediatelytaking you to a certain evening in deer camp

Tell me, what's your go to snacky snack?


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Turkey breast sandwich  :TooFunny: Always got Vienna sausage, Beanie Weenies, peanut butter crackers, regular crackers , hot sauce and snake pudding and fruit cups  in my bag that stays in the truck during hunting season also bottle water, couple fruit juice packs. People tell me i could live out of my snack bag.. LOL.

Well definitely no Vienna Sausages or anything containing Peanut Butter, I think Vienna Sausages are gross and the smell of Peanut Butter makes me regurgitate!

With my diet my choices are pretty limited, normally some pepperoni, cheese or hard boiled eggs. Every now and again some of that precooked bacon will make it in there somehow too.

Deer Jerky, if I am planning on being out for a while a nice 8" cold cut sub with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and mayo. It fits perfect in my box call pouch on my vest.

Bologna and cheese sandwich , sweet and salty granola. Sardines in mustard sauce . Sardines only during turkey season . Even washed out and put in a plastic bag after eating I still end up smelling like a fish .


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Smoked duck  (already out this year)
PB&J
Duck pepper sticks
Beef jerky
Summer Sausage
Assorted candy or protein bars.

Zipploc bag of bulk-grocery animal crackers will have me set for a long morning afield.

Trail mix

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trail mix, jerky, peanut butter cracker, and granola bars

usually nothing.

a pot of coffee and intermittent smokes keeps the appetite at bay

Bottled water or Gatorade. Everything else is more added weight and grounds for a #2.

Oatmeal creampies and beef sticks for me!

 PB&J  and fresh fruit.

Jerky, mixed nuts, and snicker bars

PB&J,Apple,granola bar,venison sticks,trail mix

Quote from: Bearcat1997 on March 31, 2020, 06:31:06 PM
Oatmeal creampies and beef sticks for me!

aww man i haven't had an oatmeal creampie in like 15 years. forgot about them.  i'd take a whole box of those with me as a kid

Trail mix , oranges, jerky, and I am always eating black Berry's , dew berries

Cliff bars and water are in my vest.   On the dash board getting warm is a little debbie honey bun

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Pop Tarts. Any flavor as long as it's cherry, blueberry, or raspberry

I remember my Dad eating those Vienna sausages. I never could enjoy them. As for me, as a kid, it was Moon pies. These days I like Apples, oranges preferably tangerines, granola bars, even those that have laid in the truck since last season as I am usually real late and hungry getting out of the woods. Trail mix and PJ are standard.

Trader Joe's Cereal Bars, usually either Blueberry or Apple for breakfast, Boars Head Cajun Turkey Sandwich for lunch and cheese crackers for a snack. Sometimes I'll throw in an apple just in case.

Apple , sunflower seeds, peanuts bottle of water

Quote from: roberthyman14 on March 31, 2020, 08:11:04 PM
Cliff bars and water are in my vest.   On the dash board getting warm is a little debbie honey bun

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cool Ilove me some honey buns

Couple granola bars and water I can hunt daylight to dark, I never been much for eating while I'm hunting turkeys.

Usually some combination of deer jerky, trail mix,  peanut butter sandwich, fruit and protein bars

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Cliff bars, coffee, maybe a pb&j back at the truck.

I run a long time on coffee and water

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Definitely Vienna sausage or potted meat, little debbies, cookies, Lance PB crackers, water or Gatorade.

Quote from: yelpy on March 31, 2020, 06:28:23 PM
Bottled water or Gatorade. Everything else is more added weight and grounds for a #2.

Marshmallows. They dont weigh much and if you eat enough of em you wont have to #2 for days. I found out the "hard" way...

Trail mix, jerky and lots of water

Granola bars, jerky, a ham sandwich and bottled water. If things are slow its the highlight of the day.

I take a 16oz Stanley cup full of coffee (fits perfectly in the water bottle pouch of my vest) and of course a water bladder.

As of late, I've grown very fond of KIND bars to hold me over.

I will have some food in the vehicle for the drive home. 

That being said, with 3 kids under the age of 8, I rarely get full day hunts in anymore so I don't need a ton of food. 

Maybe I'm hungrier than most...
publix sub, goldfish crackers, 3 hardboiled eggs, shrimp in penne with feta and tomatos. 
Plus a yeti 1/2 gallon thermos
All in the back of the vest.
Good news is the food is gone when I'm walking out, and it's a wash when carrying out a little swamp chicken!

Deer Jerky

Quote from: shemp on April 01, 2020, 01:41:39 PM
Maybe I'm hungrier than most...
publix sub, goldfish crackers, 3 hardboiled eggs, shrimp in penne with feta and tomatos. 
Plus a yeti 1/2 gallon thermos
All in the back of the vest.
Good news is the food is gone when I'm walking out, and it's a wash when carrying out a little swamp chicken!

Boy! I'd never shoot a bird. Nothing but naps all day lol

  Trail mix is my go to as well, great value brand either indulgent, mountain, or rocky road.

If I ate 3 hard boiled eggs, I'd have enough gas to power a small city and it would smell about like a papermill downwind of me.    I'm willing to sacrifice so y'all can have my share.

I carry dried apricots, peanuts, dried cranberries, almonds, and water in my vest all the time.  Always have gatorade, more water on ice in the cooler at the truck.  Since I primarily hunt on horse farms, I carry apples, carrots, and granola bars in the truck to share with horses on the way out.  There's some great Barbeque joints on the way home if necessary and plenty of adult beverages at home if it calls for celebration.

Jim

first weeks of season we can only hunt till noon ,,, if the birds aren't talkin  iam on the move most times  As long as I got full can a chew and a bottle water iam good ,,some extras in truck 

I never carry food in the field, but there's usually a breakfast sandwich from the drive-thru eaten on the way to the next spot or else a banana with coffee in the morning and then nothing until the evening - assuming I'm hunting that long.

Clementine, cliff bar, peanut butter crackers, granola bar. 

Coconut Kind Bar and water.....

Gotta Cliff bar and some cold green tea and a banana

Wife makes me trail mix of raw walnuts, pecans, almonds, sugar free chocolate chips and reduced sugar craisins. That and a bottle of water and I'm good to go. Back at the truck a can of Vienna sausages and cheese is pretty good too.

In my pockets I have beef jerky, mixed nuts (peanuts and cashews), and sometimes peanut m&m's.  Back in the truck I always have fruit, plain doughnuts, granola bars, and the makings for a sandwich.

Quote from: shemp on April 01, 2020, 01:41:39 PM
Maybe I'm hungrier than most...
publix sub, goldfish crackers, 3 hardboiled eggs, shrimp in penne with feta and tomatos. 
Plus a yeti 1/2 gallon thermos
All in the back of the vest.
Good news is the food is gone when I'm walking out, and it's a wash when carrying out a little swamp chicken!

.  LOL

Granola bar and cup of coffee on the driven banana if we have any (which are never allowed on my boat - bad juju).  A sweet and salty bar or two and a bottle of water in the vest.  If I hit the truck again before moving, I grab another water bottle. 

Canned mullet, pickled eggs, toasty brand peanut butter crackers

My vest carries bottled water and pure protein bars

Apples
Oranges
Banana
Frozen water bottle

bananas or a good belly bar but back in the day as T K  and Mike liked Christmas tree pies.

Seeing as my morning are typically cut short, I don't carry food. Most hunts these days are on small pieces of ground so it likely I'm not even carrying water most times. But, when the time is called for: bottle of water, Payday candy bar, pepper jack deer sticks and some type of cheese.


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Lot of guys like me...... I like to eat as much as hunt.  Two sandwiches.....Genoa Salami, Turkey and or ham.. cheese crackers, trail mix and reeses cups. water....lots of water..

Quote from: huntnflorida on April 01, 2020, 09:17:30 PM
Canned mullet, pickled eggs, toasty brand peanut butter crackers

Funny: good thing Turkeys can't smell!

Growing up in New York, nothing, was out of the woods by noon.

Now I'm in Idaho and we can hunt all day. Besides plenty of water in my hydration pack, it's trail mix from the bulk section with some added M&Ms. Placed in a ziplock bag which is quiet and scalable. Don't have to worry about anything being crushed when sitting or making a mess otherwise. Use the same formula when deer and elk hunting.

I don't normally carry snacks in my vest although I probably should, considering I often hunt from daylight up until noon or so when I can. One of my favorite snacks is a zone protein bar, specifically the cinnamon roll flavor. Can't beat them


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Apple or banana
Pop Tart (out of the foil in a plastic bag) or Granola bar (I like the Nature Valley Protein bars)
Water or Gatorade

We can only hunt til noon so I tend not to bring much.  Just enough to quench the thirst and keep the stomach from rumbling.

Kind or RX bars, if I go old school PBJ once in a while!

POPARTS-PEANUTS-MOON PIES-AND WATER AND DIET DR.PEPPER....

Small thermos of coffee, granola bars.  Maybe a sandwich, ham and cheese or bologna and cheese and some Fritos corn chips. Also bottle of Gatorade.  Hey I like to eat.

I usually just eat crow...


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Right now the Ramps are up. Every ham sandwich I've had this past week every day had a pile of ramps in them

Couple of moon pies and a Mountain Dew ... country boy fillet mignon

Vienna sausage, crackers of some kind, thermos of coffee if it's cool or cold. Canteen of water.

I usually carry granola bars, protein bars and a homemade trail mix.

PB crackers (Nabs), a small Payday bar or two and a breakfast bar are my usual snacks. 

I added a water bladder last year and lived the convenience so I always have water.  As far as snacks, I usually carry beef jerky, trail mix, and a pack or two of peanut butter Lance Crackers; the Ritz Cracker/Peanut Butter ones. I always have a cooler full of SunDrop at the truck when the hunt is over.


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Deersticks, Licorice, Snickers, Rice crispy bars,etc. My wife usually always will make up a pretty good snack bag for my Son and I,but we hunt all day if that's what it takes.

Quote from: sixbird on April 04, 2020, 04:39:44 PM
I usually just eat crow...


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I can relate to this......

I leave everything back at the truck because eating or drinking anything generally results in needing to do #1 or #2 within an hour or two, at least for me. In the past, I scared off a gobbler hung up and eyeing my decoys from 100 yards from not being able to hold it any longer. All I take with me are cough drops to combat spring allergies.

The last couple of years I have been taking cutie oranges and apples in my vest along with a water bottle. The fruit helps with thirst some also. I also don't have to worry about keeping track of my trash. I also like many of the snacks other people have mentioned but this is what I have been taking lately.

Powerade Zero
Banana
Cliff Bar

I don't bring food with me. When it gets to that point....I leave. I eat a good breakfast drink coffee, take a dump and prepare for a 1/2 day battle whether that means 1 mile or 10 miles. I like to work it off. I come back at noon or shortly after, and eat lunch at the truck. a sandwich, and a diet coke or something similar. maybe a super high calorie bar of some sort and diet coke...but no I don't snack in the woods. Perhaps if I was never going to leave the woods I would bring one...but If I haven't struck anything by 11 oclock..im going somewhere else most of the time especially if im traveling and hunting. I actually got a bunch of the hams off the deer I killed this year smoked and sliced into sandwhich meat for this specific reason...food for the road. But to answer the question my favorite protein bar of choice is made by met-rx "supplement company" its called the big collasal or something like that. its a chocolate cookie protein bar with white icing. Like 30 gr of protein. 30+ carbs and 300ish calories. its a straight up meal replacement. It tastes great!!! ive no problem eating them, probably eaten my body weight in those in my lifetime and they are pretty common at gas stations. I don't carry water either. I have a lifestraw for an absolute emergency.....But that's it, I don't use it because im a little thirsty...I just deal with it. I also dip snuff, so that keeps my hunger at bay I imagine.

Cliff bar and water, mountain opps enduro on my way hunting, usually a sandwich from the last remaining country store around here, sometime mid day or on my way home, this year I'll prob have to pack my sandwich, and can't forget my kodiak.

Quote from: Chris O on April 10, 2020, 11:09:44 PM
The last couple of years I have been taking cutie oranges and apples in my vest along with a water bottle. The fruit helps with thirst some also. I also don't have to worry about keeping track of my trash. I also like many of the snacks other people have mentioned but this is what I have been taking lately.

i like the fruit idea. i don't eat enough. i think i'll do that this year.

i always take a mesh bag for morels and some plastic bags for ramps.

3 or 4 years ago i shot a bird about 1pm that came from farther away than any bird i've ever called in. he covered that ground in about 5 minutes. my dad had just enough time to run down the hill and get into a downfall and i stood behind a tree. saw red to my right, swung and shot him at 5 yards. only bird i've ever shot uphill. 

before we got him we found about 5 pounds of morels, 5 pounds of pheasantbacks, and about 200 ramps. went out that evening and caught a limit of wild trout. my best day in the woods ever