When you live in a hotel for a week turkey hunting how do you do your meals? What things have you learned from taking long turkey hunting trips away from home?
We usually pack a cooler full of food to make sandwiches and you always have to have PB&J. We also pack chips, snacks, etc. It helps keep the cost down from eating out all those days.
Quote from: kansas hooks on March 29, 2011, 11:52:31 PM
We usually pack a cooler full of food to make sandwiches and you always have to have PB&J. We also pack chips, snacks, etc. It helps keep the cost down from eating out all those days.
X 2 unless they have a microwave (yes we have taken one too). TV dinners and tennis ball biscuits will always fill a void also.
Lots and lots of venison. I try to have food to grill. Usually make a trip to the grocery store about twice a week When I'm hunting I camp. When I guide I stay in one of my farmers pole barn/tool shop alongside a Case IH. Go to bed by myself wake up with cats sleeping alll over my air mattress. Jeez, a couple more weeks and I'll be sleeping with the kitties again. UGHH.
Best advice is food you can grill. There are some pretty nice cheap little grills out there that work perfect for trips like that.
I can tell ya what the motel DON'T like ya to cook. The aroma of fried rainbow trout stays in the curtains and rug for a while. Not to mention the crock pot of all day simmerin' venison chili. I think our pictures are posted in the lobby as banned for life. :emoticon-cartoon-012:
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Quote from: TURKEYWHACKER on March 30, 2011, 06:51:06 AM
I can tell ya what the motel DON'T like ya to cook. The aroma of fried rainbow trout stays in the curtains and rug for a while. Not to mention the crock pot of all day simmerin' venison chili. I think our pictures are posted in the lobby as banned for life. :emoticon-cartoon-012:
You absolutely CANNOT forget beef or venison jerky!
We are fixing to hit the road for two weeks and two of the towns we are in have nothing.. The best thing I can tell you to bring is a small electric frying pan.. From breakfast to dinner it is handy.. Dinner we use it for pre cooked brats, hamburgers etc etc
We also bring a Fry Daddy and fry turkey strips about every other night
One other thing I have been trying some at home and going to bring is the frozen bag meals.. Some are actually pretty dang good, they give you enough for 3 people, there only about 4-6 bucks, and only take a few minutes in the microwave or the electric frying pan..
Sent from my 10 year old Dell using my 2 pointer fingers.
We make meals that can be frozen and easily reheated. Lasagna, soups, different casseroles, etc. They work as ice in the cooler too for the trip. Always take lunchmeat for sammiches, and stuff you can grab and go. Frozen breakfast sammiches work great and you can pop em in the microwave and roll out.
I have tried the hotel thing, I dont like it, I try to find a state park with a cabin, or contact the chamber of commerce of the place your staying and ask them about renting a house or even a barn for a week or so. hotels are so cramped and either you leave your gun in the truck, or take it in the room with you , and I dont really like either option. Had the local police called one time because a guest saw a "terriost" in camo with a gun going in a room.
Plus one of the best parts of a trip is the cooking , and some fine suggestions have been made , but I like a stove and a real grill. I will camp before I stay in a hotel.
Quote from: Preacher on March 30, 2011, 09:25:01 AM
I have tried the hotel thing, I dont like it, I try to find a state park with a cabin, or contact the chamber of commerce of the place your staying and ask them about renting a house or even a barn for a week or so. hotels are so cramped and either you leave your gun in the truck, or take it in the room with you , and I dont really like either option. Had the local police called one time because a guest saw a "terriost" in camo with a gun going in a room.
Plus one of the best parts of a trip is the cooking , and some fine suggestions have been made , but I like a stove and a real grill. I will camp before I stay in a hotel.
LoL I love walking through the hotel with a firearm and face painted LOL I do feel bad when the boots have 6 inches of red clay on them, usually take them off at the door..
But there is nothing better than tagging out.. Putting on your inflatable swimmies, grabbing your snorkel and goggles and heading to the pool.. ;D
Sent from my 10 year old Dell using my 2 pointer fingers.
Quote from: TURKEYWHACKER on March 30, 2011, 06:51:06 AM
I can tell ya what the motel DON'T like ya to cook. The aroma of fried rainbow trout stays in the curtains and rug for a while.
They also don't like ya cleaning your trout in the bathtub or sink. :icon_thumright:
Quote from: Muskie03 on March 30, 2011, 10:12:22 AM
Quote from: TURKEYWHACKER on March 30, 2011, 06:51:06 AM
I can tell ya what the motel DON'T like ya to cook. The aroma of fried rainbow trout stays in the curtains and rug for a while.
They also don't like ya cleaning your trout in the bathtub or sink. :icon_thumright:
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As far as meals go in a hotel, if I'm lucky enough to have a microwave in the room I will try to get a few frozen dinners or frozen pizza's for a hot meal at night. For breakfast and lunch I'll usually just fix a ham and cheese sandwich or maybe some fast food if possible. I'm usually looking for something quick and easy so I can catch a nap and get back in the woods.
Crock pot a small grill and I could get by for months!
Quote from: neal on March 30, 2011, 10:43:05 AM
Crock pot a small grill and I could get by for months!
^^THIS^^
Who has time time to cook? Wake up, cinnamon bun for breakfast, hunt til 11, grab a fast food meal, catch a nap, back at it by 2, hunt til dark, grab another quick bite, shower and then sleep til morning! Repeat until successful then celebrate by going to a sit down restaurant! ;D
Lots of beer. There's a pork chop in every bottle.... :TooFunny:
I've never ran into much trouble with hotels, even had a bird hanging in the room over the AC unit while we were out hunting and room service came in and made the beds, gave us new towels, etc and never tampered with the bird. I'd loved to have saw their face when they opened the door though!
As for food, we do sandwiches and lunchables. Cereal in plastic cups is also easy.
Quote from: moore on March 30, 2011, 10:52:10 AM
Quote from: simpzenith on March 30, 2011, 10:48:10 AM
Who has time time to cook? Wake up, cinnamon bun for breakfast, hunt til 11, grab a fast food meal, catch a nap, back at it by 2, hunt til dark, grab another quick bite, shower and then sleep til morning! Repeat until successful then celebrate by going to a sit down restaurant! ;D
and to add with a cold brew ;D :icon_thumright:
That's a given! :icon_thumright:
Quote from: moore on March 30, 2011, 10:52:10 AM
Quote from: simpzenith on March 30, 2011, 10:48:10 AM
Who has time time to cook? Wake up, cinnamon bun for breakfast, hunt til 11, grab a fast food meal, catch a nap, back at it by 2, hunt til dark, grab another quick bite, shower and then sleep til morning! Repeat until successful then celebrate by going to a sit down restaurant! ;D
and to add with a cold brew
Who has time for a Nap Shane LOL Mine goes like this
Breakfast- Pot a coffee and Chew
Lunch- Water, Chew
9pm dinner- Beer and Food, than a chew
Quote from: shootumindaface on March 30, 2011, 10:56:49 AM
Quote from: moore on March 30, 2011, 10:52:10 AM
Quote from: simpzenith on March 30, 2011, 10:48:10 AM
Who has time time to cook? Wake up, cinnamon bun for breakfast, hunt til 11, grab a fast food meal, catch a nap, back at it by 2, hunt til dark, grab another quick bite, shower and then sleep til morning! Repeat until successful then celebrate by going to a sit down restaurant! ;D
and to add with a cold brew
Who has time for a Nap Shane LOL Mine goes like this
Breakfast- Pot a coffee and Chew
Lunch- Water, Chew
9pm dinner- Beer and Food, than a chew
When do you actually hunt? ;D
I usually have an ice chest full of beer, water, and lunchmeat with me at all times. I also keep a loaf of bread in the truck incase I wont to make a sandwich. For dinner I'll carry coleman stove and fry turkey or crappie and pot of beans. Anything other than that I'm going out to eat.
Quote from: kansas hooks on March 29, 2011, 11:52:31 PM
We usually pack a cooler full of food to make sandwiches and you always have to have PB&J. We also pack chips, snacks, etc. It helps keep the cost down from eating out all those days.
Us too.
Went the RV route for years, then got priced out of the campground - motel was about the same rate! If you can get a room with a microwave your set - most of the time it's a breakfast bar, make a lunch and go. Come back and shower then to Applebees for a brew and good burger!
Look for some online restaurant coupons and you might save a few bux on food.
I am usually sleeping in my tent for my turkey trips. We bring a pit and grill deer sausage and deer burgers for supper, and bring ham to make sandwitches for lunch. I always keep 2 cans of Vienna sausages in my vest and a couple breakfast bars, along with 2 bottles of water. The thing I hate most about tent camping is having to take bucket showers !