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In Pursuit

Ep. 46: Spike Camp - Fueling for the Backcountry

In Pursuit

MeatEater

Sports, Health & Fitness, Science, Wilderness, Life Sciences

4.96.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Rich, Scott, and Jeff break down their approach to backcountry nutrition, hydration, caffeine, and camp meals. They share lessons learned from DIY hunts and guided trips, the mistakes they've made, and the simple systems that keep them going when the days get long.

From peanut butter sandwiches to freeze-dried meals and everything in between, this episode is packed with practical advice for your next hunt.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.4

Hey, here's something you need to know about First Light.

0:07.5

1% of all camo sales goes directly to fund conservation.

0:12.9

National Deer Association, backcountry hunters and anglers,

0:16.3

Delta Waterfowl, and National Wild Turkey Federation.

0:19.5

That means wildlife habitat conserved,

0:23.2

hunting rights protected, and access increased. First Lights camel for conservation. The idea

0:29.6

is simple. Your choice in camel makes a difference. Check out firstlight.com slash C4C. This isn't charity. It's responsibility. I need to apologize for something. I was like, what? He goes, back there when you wouldn't let me have a snack. He goes, I was dog cussing you in my head, blah, blah, blah. And he's like, I need to repent. And I was like, oh, it's fine. He goes, it's what we needed to do, but I did not want to do it.

0:55.3

And so, man, I can just, like, I can shut that part of my brain off.

0:58.6

Like, I know everybody jokes about it, but I can literally just not go and then eat later and make up for the calories.

1:06.9

Out here, the stakes are real.

1:10.0

Effective preparation starts with fitness, but it requires so much more.

1:15.0

This show explores the tools, knowledge, resilience, and skills needed to be ready when it matters the most.

1:22.0

Join me, Rich Broning, as we apply the decades of wisdom I have gained through training and competition to hunting in the back country.

1:30.7

This is in pursuit.

1:33.6

Brought to you by Mountain Ops.

1:37.7

In collaboration with Mayhem Hunt.

1:40.7

Nutrition, how to eat in the back country is the topic of the day from Mr. Dodds.

1:47.0

This would be a good one for Bird to be on.

1:49.1

Oh, yeah.

1:50.6

Well, after Andy Galpin's podcast, he said,

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