Best Way to carry lunch during a "field style" match?

[sbernier123]

Might seem like a weird question, but as the title states, I'm looking for some suggestions on the best was to pack food and drinks into a normal PRS loadout. I've attended several matches so far, where we did a lot of hiking from stage to stage, and lunch wasn't provided. My Mystery Ranch Kommodo Dragon is basically full of ammo, match gear, and support bags, along with a few first aid supplies. In the past, I've just brought a small coleman hardshell lunch cooler along with me, but its a real PITA to carry around while hiking with a rifle. Snacks and such is really not a problem, but if I have to introduce a cold pack/ice it makes everything difficult to jam in with my other supplies and not crush the sandwhich's etc.

I have been to some matches where we shoot near the vehicles, which makes everything so much easier, but I was wondering if anyone has any tips or gear suggestions for field style matches (mammoth, competition dynamics steel safari, etc)? Anybody make a molle attachable cooler pack, i could put on the outside of my backpack? Let me know!

 

[Hollywood 6mm]

When I hear field match, I think of something like Heatstroke where it's a lot of open terrain, natural obstacles, prone, etc. - Mammoth, Steel Safari, etc are a whole different animal.
Based on what I have seen friends do for matches like Mammoth, the CD matches, etc. you don't seem to get much down time to stop and eat. Food bars (granola, protein bars, etc), jerky, and maybe a small hiking stove with freeze dried meals if there's actually time to stop (usually at required overnight points) seem to be pretty common. Those matches also emphasize traveling as light as possible due to the long movement distances involved, so lightweight rifles, minimal gear, etc.

 

[IowaGeologist]

MREs, the older the better. Can also use the crackers for fire kindling.

 

[Luke]

Uhhhh.....you don't need your lunch chilled or a separate tactical molle lunch pouch in multicam arid in 300D cordura with breakaway tourniquet straps. Throw a bag of jerky, an apple, and a hearty chunk of tough baguette in any old random pocket and carry on. It's a field match...not a 3-course ladies picnic with aparitifs and cucumber sandwiches. Actually most people probably just make do with a couple Cliff bars, trail mix, or whatever. Keep it simple

 

[Jabot]

Wrap a burrito in foil all I need

 

[Tony1320]

I bring protein bars in my pack that keeps me going. Matches I've been too provide lunch

 

[Mxridr]

Try to big breakfast and bring snacks peanut butter and jelly or honey sandwich. My friends laugh but it works. Did not eat one match and shot like s&$t

 

[Nik H]

I find that the hardest thing to pack is my wine...

 

[Dougie308]

A little different. But on an all day hunt away from the truck I make a couple of sammies in zip locs and whatever else and stuff it all in a one gallon zip lock and drop in my pants or coat cargo pocket.

Might seem like a weird question, but as the title states, I'm looking for some suggestions on the best was to pack food and drinks into a normal PRS loadout. I've attended several matches so far, where we did a lot of hiking from stage to stage, and lunch wasn't provided. My Mystery Ranch Kommodo Dragon is basically full of ammo, match gear, and support bags, along with a few first aid supplies. In the past, I've just brought a small coleman hardshell lunch cooler along with me, but its a real PITA to carry around while hiking with a rifle. Snacks and such is really not a problem, but if I have to introduce a cold pack/ice it makes everything difficult to jam in with my other supplies and not crush the sandwhich's etc.

I have been to some matches where we shoot near the vehicles, which makes everything so much easier, but I was wondering if anyone has any tips or gear suggestions for field style matches (mammoth, competition dynamics steel safari, etc)? Anybody make a molle attachable cooler pack, i could put on the outside of my backpack? Let me know!

 

[THEIS]

I find that the hardest thing to pack is my wine...

Hi,

Shit, you should have said something before....
Take your pick...Just snaps right to your belt.

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[Nik H]

Hi,

Shit, you should have said something before....
Take your pick...Just snaps right to your belt.
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Sincerely,
Theis

Now we're talking

 

[THEIS]

Now we're talking

Hi,
But you have to put this morale patch on it so other people do not get yours mistaken for theirs...

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[PDXGS]

Jerky (with floss) , trail mix with dried fruit, gatorade or similar and plenty of water.
It's really terrain and temp dependent. For Steel Safari you need plenty of water and things you can eat fast that aren't too sugar-laden.
For something like the Hide Cup, I made small sandwiches on Hawaiian rolls and stuffed them into a ziplock. Overnight and extreme endurance matches are in a category all to their own...I'd highly suggest working with a sports nutritionist to best gauge your metabolic needs over the course of 24hrs. Then throw in an extra candy bar of your choosing....

 

[pmclaine]

I find that the hardest thing to pack is my wine...

Seems like others have no problem bringing "whine" to matches......

 

[Campguy308]

I take jerky and trail mix to 1 day club matches, with plenty of water

 

[acudaowner]

while you shoot you need a man friday to start cooking your food .

 

[sbernier123]

Haha thanks for the suggestions guys. Molle beer coozy is clutch!

 

[2aBaC̶a̶]

Small flat Tupperware and Pringles cans. Perfect for sandwiches and other things that get crushed. Freeze a water bottle and you can drink cold water as it melts or use it to cool other things. Some water bottles fit in the pringles can. So do beer btw in case you need to sneak it into somewhere.

 

[96C]

You guys are the least helpful... Possibly EVER!

I remember a Hide where members actually helped each other, claaassic.



Smooch up to the RO with the tastiest looking food when you get to their stage.

 

[Mr.Kirk]

 

[Timetoshoot]

Like any prolonged athletic activity. Think of long bike ride/triathlon/ hiking ect...... it’s best to slow.y fuel and hydrate throughout the day as opposed to eating a large traditional lunch. Pick fuel that your body tolerates in heat, that provides sustained balance of protein, electrolytes, and carbs.

Google fueling for bike races and triathlons. Hammer nutrition has worked well for me in bike racing, hiking and all day rifle events.

 

[Spdy]

PB&J in a ziplock. No refrigeration needed and you just cram them into any available space. Take out and eat while walking. ?

 

[opeagle]

I take temp stable easy stuff. Cliff bars, Tanka bars, chips in a tube, a few cookies, a few bottles of water.

 

[Mike Casselton]

PB&J in a ziplock. No refrigeration needed and you just cram them into any available space. Take out and eat while walking. ?

We make pbj on potato hamburger buns. They stay in one piece and you can flatten the hell out of them and they don't leak out.

 

[pmclaine]

We make pbj on potato hamburger buns. They stay in one piece and you can flatten the hell out of them and they don't leak out.

Fresh potato bread products (Martins) are the play doh of the food world.

It's moldeable yet maintains its singular mass.

Pretty tasty too.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Fresh potato bread products (Martins) are the play doh of the food world.

It's moldeable yet maintains its singular mass.

Pretty tasty too.

Martin's is what we normally buy. Sometimes other products get the nod because of sales.

I love my 12 and 15 grain breads but they suck for anything outside the cooler.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Good lord... don’t any of you bring staff any more?

Best way is to have your servants carry it, of course. Have them set up after the each stage in case you get a little peckish. Chin chin!

Cheers, Sirhr

 

[Mike Casselton]

Good lord... don’t any of you bring staff any more?

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Best way is to have your servants carry it, of course. Have them set up after the each stage in case you get a little peckish. Chin chin!

Cheers, Sirhr

Those bitches be slackin.
Where is his foot rest or masseuse?

 

[Dashoota]

MREs, the older the better. Can also use the crackers for fire kindling.

If you get lucky and score some peanut butter, you won’t have to worry about finding time to take a shit either. LOL

 

[MarinePMI]

Good lord... don’t any of you bring staff any more?

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Best way is to have your servants carry it, of course. Have them set up after the each stage in case you get a little peckish. Chin chin!

Cheers, Sirhr

Oh the memories of conscripted militaries...sigh.

Best field camp I ever had was a training exercise with the Spanish Legionnaire's. Tent city was erected, with steel bunkbeds and mattresses and pillows before we arrived. They just used the Spanish conscripts as labor. Except for nights where live fire was planned (and even then sometimes) after 1630, the beer truck (5-ton flat bed with refers bolted to the bed and powered by the truck) opened up for sale. Dinner was followed by invitations to the Legionnaire's NCO hooch, where red wine, a block of cheese and a ham roasting on a spit over a fire was served. It was rough. I mean,do you have any idea how hard it is to let loose with Ma duece the next morning after spending the night drinking wine and eating ham and cheese sandwiches around a camp fire? All while watching tracers bounce off the mountain side during a night time FamFire? Back then the Legionnaire's still had MG42's chambered in .308 (believe it or not), so sitting back in camp, hearing them burn through belts of ammo, while being pleasantly pissed was considered normal (whoda thunk, eh?).

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

I'll throw one or two of these in the water bottle pockets on the sides of my pack. Carry a spoon and plastic bag for trash tied to a loop/molle and you are golden. Granola bars or the peanut butter or cheese crackers for snack type stuff.

They make it in spicy too if you want to relive the experience a few hours later.....

 

[Diver160651]

Good lord... don’t any of you bring staff any more?
Best way is to have your servants carry it, of course. Have them set up after the each stage in case you get a little peckish. Chin chin!

Cheers, Sirhr

Is that Bruce Jenner on the right???

 

[Mike Casselton]

If you get lucky and score some peanut butter, you won’t have to worry about finding time to take a shit either. LOL

That's why they came with the Exlax gum

 

[Hippy_Steve]

Thanks for the laugh

 

[fdkay]

The best thing to do is marry an asian.
She'll pack your lunch for you, or even carry it and serve it to you.

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

Entire Command built on nothing but making sure my sammich does not get smashed and that my drink stays cool..

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[Diver160651]

Hi,

Entire Command built on nothing but making sure my sammich does not get smashed and that my drink stays cool..

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Sincerely,
Theis

OK that is hot!

 

[Rthur]

My rig:

R

 

[Currycure]

My rig:
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The fast food sniper.....take that Hollywood.

 

[Spdy]

Another Hide thread goes off the tracks in hilarious manner. ?

 

[brianf]

I usually show up a day early and set up snare traps for small game after each stage.

 

[EchoDeltaSierra]

 

[supercorndogs]

I find that the hardest thing to pack is my wine...

Does the box keep popping?

 

[sirhrmechanic]

The fast food sniper.....take that Hollywood.

Isn’t that what all the pouches are for?

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

A Hide thread about how to carry your sammich through a PR course.... goes off the tracks in hilarious manner. As it should have on the first answer to the OPs question!!!! ?

Fixed it for ya.

Sorry, OP, but this is a tough crowd! Hopefully you got some good suggestions before we started funnin on ya!!

Cheers, Sirhr

 

[SharpsNitro]

Here are a couple of options:

 

[1moaoff]

Now I want to hire hottie to serve e me snacks in between stages.

 

[just browsing]

Be like the 3 gun guys and bring a fuckin stroller. Tactical AND practical.

 

[Spdy]

Be like the 3 gun guys and bring a fuckin stroller. Tactical AND practical.

Hmmm. Maybe get Theis’ command to push the stroller over the course. Tactical, practical and enjoyable.

 

[squib]

I carry my lunch in my belly where it will be safe. My love handles are my reserves.