RE: Camp food
I'm more in favor of the planned menu approach with a competent person in charge. Hunters as a whole are notoriously cheap and "just get by" specialists, so likeJBS mentioned, "these people need controlled."
Roadside base camp = one culinary standard:
Steak & new potatoes; lemon pepper chicken; jalepeno chicken, beef stroganoff, cajun boil, and paella with shrimp, clams, mussels, Chorizo sausage, chicken, and pork. Elk chili, tortilla soup, grilled jalepeno poppers, blackened fish, etc. etc.
Pack in spike camp = a differentstandard:
Basic, fast, easy, sufficient.