Venison News

Minnesota food shelves are eager for donations as the firearms deer hunting season gets underway.And they say, they're happy to take venison.A state venison donation program accepts whole deer carcasses, complete with the hide and registration tag.

Minnesota food shelves are eager for donations as the firearms deer hunting season opens on Saturday.

Halloween was less than a week ago, and Thanksgiving is about three weeks away. But today is also a big holiday, especially in North Dakota.

Venison will soon be back on the shelves of Minot area food pantries. Two years ago, food pantries were forced to dump venison because of the scare of lead contamination from deer harvested during the North Dakota deer gun season.

In the 18 months since lead bullet fragments were found in venison bound for Minnesota food shelves, one question still hasn't been answered: How much risk do tiny lead fragments from bullets pose to people who eat venison? The Minnesota firearms deer season opens Saturday and you would think food-safety experts would have gotten to the bottom of ...

THE NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP, WHICH ADMINISTERS THE SPORTSMEN AGAINST HUNGER PROGRAM, ACCEPTED ONLY DEER KILLED WITH ARROWS LAST YEAR, FEARING THAT FIREARM-SHOT MEAT MIGHT CONTAIN LEAD FRAGMENTS.

With harvest in full swing and the leaves beginning to fall, many deer hunters are getting anxious for the up-coming firearm deer season reports Bob Frazee, University of Illinois Natural Resources Management Educator.

Items needed: Big cooking pot, knife, cutting board Ingredients: Carrots Peas Green beans Tomatoes Onion Deer Meat Potatoes Salt & Pepper Pintos Can Veggie Mix-All Corn **I normally use can vegetables unless I have fresh ones on hand, if you use fresh ones it takes a little longer but it is really up to you.

Hunters took over a home-less shelter Tuesday, turning their game into cooked meals.

Waterfowl enthusiasts will have a chance to pull on their waders and drag out the decoys again starting Saturday.

Bagging his first deer was a rite of passage for 13-year-old Josh Hamilton. After bringing home the three-point buck, Josh had another tradition to honor.

Now that deer hunting season is just about here, it's time to think about cleaning out the freezer to make room for all that venison you're about to acquire.

The Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program is again accepting donated whole deer for processing to feed hungry families.

Given the choice, most clients of the Food Pantry Network of Licking County turn down the old standby, hot dogs, for a more exotic option: venison.

They say excuses are a dime a dozen, but as I climbed down from my tree stand for what seemed like the zillionth time this year, I counted up all of the reasons why I had not yet filled the freezer with venison.

Not all successful deer hunters carry home their venison and eventually consume it.

It works this way. Venison donors and willing recipients contact each other and work out details of a meat transfer.

Each year, deer hunters across the state help feed the hungry by participating in the Venison Donation Coalition.

Good for you and great tasting, here's how to prepare venison. This group of extension agents learned the first step in preparing venison...how to cut the meat.

Mostly, I like my venison cooked so rare that it's scary to look at on the plate.