Venison News

Earlier today, Schumer stopped in Sidney to promote his effort to give deer hunters a tax break for donating venison.

With the closing of the gun deer hunting season Sunday, many people will be taking their kills to local meat processors, such as Ray's Market in Colby and Pittsville Meats & Sausage.

More venison is being donated to strapped food banks as Ohio and other states offer financial aid aimed at managing high deer populations.

The state's deer meat donation program is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Under the Department of Natural Resources' Venison Donation Program, hunters drop off deer at participating meat processors.

Gov. Jay Nixon and his wife, Georganne, helped unload 250 pounds of donated venison on Wednesday to help feed needy families.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and Georganne Nixon helped unload 250 pounds of donated venison Wednesday to help feed needy families.

Carl Metzgar . The Hunters Sharing the Harvest program allows hunters to donate a portion of their deer to families in need.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is donating the meat from a deer he killed this week to a program that helps feed people in need.

It's that time of year, when our woodlands are decorated with blaze orange, gunfire is common -- and even welcoming -- and 'Da Turdy Point Buck' seems as if it's No.

Hunters in the Show-Me-State are making sure there's plenty of food to go around.

TOMAHAWK -- Blaze-orange clad hunters eager for the season opener today gobbled up thousands of venison patties Friday.

The smell of fresh meat is in the air after the 44th annual venison feed in Tomahawk.

Sen. Charles Schumer has proposed a tax deduction for deer hunters who donate their processed venison to food pantries and soup kitchens.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Why is it more advantageous to donate a store-bought turkey to a food bank rather than venison? Because people who donate the turkey can use the receipt from where they bought it to claim it as a charitable gift on their federal tax return, but hunters who donate deer meat can't. That would change under a measure proposed by Sen.

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Dennis Harrison is an avid hunter in the Gladstone area.A He hunts deer, but his wife doesn't like venison! So instead of deer burgers and deer steaks at the Harrison household, Dennis -A and other hunters who hunt strictly for sport -A donate their hunted game.

It's a fact of life that many residents do not like the taste of venison and that includes a large number of deer hunters.

Hunterdon County hunters have found a way to enjoy their outdoor pursuits while also helping those in need.

Conservationists in Missouri say there will be over 400,000 deer hunters out starting at sunrise on Saturday.

Food pantries across the valley are gearing up for an influx of deer meat. That's because a program that encourages hunters to donate their kills is back in action.