Post by retnuhreed on Nov 16, 2006 17:37:14 GMT -5
11:09 AM November 16, 2006
Deer hunters helping the hungry
Star staff report
Central Indiana deer hunters get the chance again this year to help local food pantries.
Rodney Bruce (left) and George Stone of Camby hunt near Corydon in this 2005 file photo. - Robert Scheer / The Star
The state Department of Natural Resources is running its Hunters Feeding the Hungry program, in which prison inmates process the deer for donation.
Deer firearm season begins Saturday and runs through Dec. 3.
“Refrigerated trucks, courtesy of Second Helpings, will be stationed at The Outdoorsman Sport Shop, 1010 S. State Route135, Greenwood, and the Knightstown Locker, 8037 S. 575 W., east of Knightstown,” the DNR said in a news release.
Those businesses are official deer check stations and will accept game on each Saturday and Sunday during the season.
Second Helpings will pick up the trucks and take the deer to the Pendleton Reformatory, where inmates will process the meat, which will be distributed to local missions and food pantries.
"What a great opportunity this is for hunters to help keep Indiana's deer herd in check and provide wonderful meals for Indiana's less fortunate,” said DNR Director Kyle Hupfer.
Deer hunters helping the hungry
Star staff report
Central Indiana deer hunters get the chance again this year to help local food pantries.
Rodney Bruce (left) and George Stone of Camby hunt near Corydon in this 2005 file photo. - Robert Scheer / The Star
The state Department of Natural Resources is running its Hunters Feeding the Hungry program, in which prison inmates process the deer for donation.
Deer firearm season begins Saturday and runs through Dec. 3.
“Refrigerated trucks, courtesy of Second Helpings, will be stationed at The Outdoorsman Sport Shop, 1010 S. State Route135, Greenwood, and the Knightstown Locker, 8037 S. 575 W., east of Knightstown,” the DNR said in a news release.
Those businesses are official deer check stations and will accept game on each Saturday and Sunday during the season.
Second Helpings will pick up the trucks and take the deer to the Pendleton Reformatory, where inmates will process the meat, which will be distributed to local missions and food pantries.
"What a great opportunity this is for hunters to help keep Indiana's deer herd in check and provide wonderful meals for Indiana's less fortunate,” said DNR Director Kyle Hupfer.
