Treestand snacks
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Grubby
20-Oct-16
I'm gathering my gear for my annual Wisconsin bluff country bowhunt. I usually do all day sits and always have some snacks as well as a sandwich in my pack. Anybody got any suggestions? I recently tried the belvita breakfast snacks and they are great.
From: Charlie Rehor
20-Oct-16
Dehydrated apples in a zip lock baggie! Quiet snack!
From: PAbowhunter1064
20-Oct-16
I just peel the bark off the tree...not real tasty, but keeps the survivalist in me alive.
From: LBshooter
20-Oct-16
I cut up power bars and put in zip lock and also have some sort of nut, Gatorade and water. Protein is the key and a snickers always works too.
From: Jack Harris
20-Oct-16
I challenge anyone to top the snickers peanut butter snack size bars. Not the original snickers. The Kit Kat would be next.
From: EmbryOklahoma
20-Oct-16
These... ^^^
Peanuts/almonds, sliced apples and every now and then a couple slices of pizza. :)
From: Jack Harris
20-Oct-16
Rick got it right! Instant energy - they can warm u up when u get that chill.
From: TODDY
20-Oct-16
To follow up on LBshooter's post, CUT THE LABELS OFF the Gatorade bottles, they are very noisy! I carry them as well along with some water in a Nalgene bottle. I always have a peanut butter sandwich and then some smoked almonds with craisins mixed together is my standby snack. Also, pepperoni sticks and string cheese. TODDY
From: JayG@work
20-Oct-16
I bring a small baggie of almonds and peanuts with me. I also make up a bunch of dehydrated apples with a little sugar, cinnamon and clove on them. They are tasty, and they don't make me crash like candy bars do.
From: JJ
20-Oct-16
Gorp - My go-torecipe is equal parts raisins, plain M&M's, and salted peanuts.
From: bdfrd24v
20-Oct-16
Like Scott I eat the Mint Choc Cliff bar. Only downside is they get pretty firm when its real cold. I've got some long term stomach issues so I keep most of my eating/snacking to a minimum. These new water bottles are so thin and noisy I stick with Gatorade most of the time now.
From: EJG
20-Oct-16
i like to energy bite recipes off the internet, you can make them as healty or unhealthy as you want, easy to make, package them to the size you want in little ziplocks. i freeze them and just grab a pack in the morning.
man some hot liquid of any kind in a thermos is amazing on those long days. lots of good thermos out there in different sizes
From: EJG
20-Oct-16
for store bought stuff, i am becoming a big fan of RX bars and always like Pro Bars too - both very filling and pretty healthy
From: Brotsky
20-Oct-16
My kid's Halloween candy starting in November! They'll never catch me! Until then I mix strips of jerky and almonds. The PB Snickers is the bomb. I dress up and ring the doorbell if I find a house giving those out!
From: OkieJ
20-Oct-16
Jerky and water. Then more jerky.
From: Scar Finga
20-Oct-16
Honey and bacon samiches:) Power Bars, beef Jerky, peperoni, snack crackers are filling, but not much nutritional value. I am allergic to all nuts and peanut butter- so that's out for me GRRRRR!
Scar.
From: deerman406
20-Oct-16
All day sits, Peanut butter, nanner and honey sandwhich, cliff bars, jerky, PB snickers or regular, protein bars made of cashews, PB and dark chocolate. I also bring a couple Propel Water and a small bottle of milk. I do not bring all of this on one sit but a couple of them each day for some variety. Shawn
From: Bake
20-Oct-16
Usually just jerky, candy and Diet Dr. Pepper for me. I like the bigger bags of the bite size candies, so I can open the bag in my pack, and just reach in for munchies as I sit. I love candy, so pretty much anything can be in my pack in November, butterfingers and hersheys bars are a favorite, but pretty much anything with chocolate will find it's way into my pack at some point.
I'm going to try taking croissants this year, if I can keep them unsquished. Maybe sourdough bread too. I love bread
In my college years I bragged that I would lose 10-15 lbs in November, and another 10 lbs over Christmas break, because I hunted all the time and never ate.
Now I'm pretty sure I gain weight from all the candy and snacky stuff I eat in the stand.
From: EmbryO-klahoma
20-Oct-16
Bake... me too! That's why I'm getting a gym membership for the winter months. :)
Brotsy... LOL! Hey, kid... you have a beard. No candy for you!
From: JacobNisley
20-Oct-16
I crack/spit/eat a ridiculous amount of sunflower seeds during hunting season. Mostly out of a tasty habit than actual nutrition.
From: CAS_HNTR
20-Oct-16
I usually bring apples, granola bars, peanuts/almonds, and water......maybe a PB&J sometimes too.
I purchased some chocolate covered coffee beans last year to take in the stand......they were pretty damn good and seemed to give me some "pep" at about 2 pm!
From: Rut Nut
20-Oct-16
For all day sits in my stand I take a thermos of soup, water bottle with iced tea, pack of crackers and snickers or trailmix
From: r-man
20-Oct-16
I have been steeling my kids Lunchables, ham and cheese and two Oreo's , and a juice box.
From: luckychucky
20-Oct-16
At least a sixpack of apples...that's not bait officer, it is the biodegradable waste from my treestand snack.
From: Proline
21-Oct-16
Mixture of unsalted peanuts, raisins and M&M's
From: t-roy
21-Oct-16
I generally try to put on about 20-30 lbs in October. That way I don't have to worry about bringing any snackswith me, plus that's one less layer of clothing I have to pack;>}
Bite size candy bars and a thermos of hot chocolate or soup. Plus, the hot cup keeps my texting finger warm.
From: APauls
21-Oct-16
Food Thermos, and deer stew. Past that I eat a lot of granola bars in hunting season. I've really enjoyed dehydrated mangos as well.
From: Grubby
21-Oct-16
I have never brought a thermos of soup.....that sounds like a good idea!! The snickers crispers are awesome too!!
From: mattandersen
21-Oct-16
Fresh, raw venison...
From: Grubby
21-Oct-16
I have never brought a thermos of soup.....that sounds like a good idea!! The snickers crispers are awesome too!!
From: Tonybear61
21-Oct-16
I go with cylindrical snacks, deer sticks, baby carrots, string cheese and anything in a water bottle.
From: Mertyman
21-Oct-16
3 Cliff bars. I spread out eating times evenly, like every 3 hours or so. It helps you pass the time during the slow part of the day when you're looking forward to your next snack. I normally mix up the flavors for each one for variety during the day, and always make sure to take them out of their noisy wrappers and put them in ziplock bags beforehand.
From: Twanger
21-Oct-16
apple, nuts, granola bar, crackers, candy bar, and 24 oz diet Pepsi to keep me awake. Sometimes a bottle of 100% juice. With this I go dawn to dusk and I am looking forward to getting home for dinner. I eat a can of tuna in a package of Ramon noodles for breakfast which has to have 2,000 calories so I am not hungry until about 1.
From: deerman406
21-Oct-16
I just bought some Core Power protein shakes to give a try on a few all day sits. 18 grams of protein in a 8 ounce bottle, I figure that a cliff bar and some jerky with a bottle of propel water will get me through a day on stand, oh and maybe a snickers bar or 3 :) Shawn
From: Mint
21-Oct-16
My homemade jerky and mixed nuts. Maybe a couple of protein bars.
From: coyote hunter
21-Oct-16
Peanut butter/bacon sandwiches and a couple of candy bars and I'm good to go
From: Medicinemann
21-Oct-16
From: Medicinemann
21-Oct-16
I try not to eat while out in the field....keeping scent to a minimum. I will take a thermos of hot water.
From: WV Mountaineer
21-Oct-16
Dehydrated mango's are my favorite. that with some almonds or cashews gets me through.
Sometimes when we are out of the Mango's and/or nuts, a half stick of pepperoni fills the gut nicely. God Bless men
From: scentman
22-Oct-16
I use to grab an apple or two from my orchard on the way to stand... bout half hour later i'd have to climb down and (eheh) find some leaves, never failed. Now i take peanut butter on a hamburger bun and chocolate covered cranberries my wife gets at wallymart.
From: Bowriter
24-Oct-16
Look closely over the passenger side cab. See the stand?
This was three days ago.
Look closely over the passenger side cab. See the stand?
This was three days ago.
I only sat all day one time, years ago and never again. Now, sitting in three different stands during the day, yes, I might do that. However, I can't recall the last time I sat over four hours. I just don't have to. Therefore, I carry a water bottle. Nothing to eat.
I hunt light. I carry a small pack with the tools for a clean and comeplete field dressing, a water bottle and that is it. If I can't get it in my pockets, I don't need it. Of course, I am seldom more than 200-yards from the truck.
From: APauls
24-Oct-16
My stove is so small and light I was thinking of doing Mountain House in the tree this year.
From: DeanMan
24-Oct-16
Chocolate chip cliff bars
From: Teeton
24-Oct-16
Apauls, do u really have to do everything I do. :)
I have done ramen noodles with my stove from my treestand a few cold times. That's one time you hope a deer doesn't come in.
It's kind of a tradition for me to take a couple pairs. Candy bars as guys have said above and 5 hour energy help me when I start to doze off.
From: IAHUNTER
24-Oct-16
Bacon, bologna sandwich, Pepsi, hot chocolate, chips or summer sausage. Anything easy really, I usually hunt all day in November too. Also, carry a small FM/AM radio and have one ear bud in listening to football or talk radio to help break up the day. You are in God's country up there! Good luck!
From: Quailhunter
24-Oct-16
Had a big buck run by two years ago while eating a honey crisp apple. That's my go to snack.
From: Ben
24-Oct-16
If I eat Cliff bars the deer could sent me from a mile away!
