We have a big camp and hunt right out of camp or a short drive to a drop off. Our kitchen is a 10' x 20' w/ 4 8" tables around a horseshoe at one end. We share clean up duties and the same guy (HOPSING aka George) has cooked nearly every hot meal in the camp for twenty years, it is his kitchen. We have 4 big burners and an oven out of an RV, a full size smoker and the kitchen box doubles as cabinets. Another table with drying racks for washing dishes. We sleep in 2 big wall tents seperate from the eating/cooking for a variety of reasons. our meals are generally simple but if someone gets the gourmet bug he usually brings it from home.
Buying food for 10 days in the woods for ten+ guys got easier when we decided everyone bring their own lunch stuff enough food for one dinner and one breakfast for as many in camp.
That simplified the process dramatically as we always have more than enough. plenty of variety as well
Once we have Meat on the ground We all pitch in to pack it out and the shooter becomes camp queen/queens and does all camp chores and meal prep but does not cook.plus tending to the meat and fire. This frees up time for the hunter to become a camp queen sooner as well.
also Camp queens assume bartender status at night after the hunt.
We have had every thing from PBJ sandwiches to steak and lobster,Wild Turkey and Wild Boar over the years and I am not sure which one tasted better at the time. As I recall every meal in Elk camp has been a good one.
