Hunt for the Hungry sees deer donations drop 40 percent
Meat processor says more keeping deer harvests
KAUKAUNA — A year ago, Beck's Meats of Kaukauna was busy processing more than 150 deer harvested and donated by hunters to give to food pantries.
This year just 45 deer have been donated, said Beck's manager Brad Fink.
"It's the tough economic times," Fink said. "We got a lot less deer because more people are keeping them instead of donating them."
Statewide, meat processors participating in the venison donation program say Wisconsin hunters have given more than 6,500 deer to help feed the hungry this season.
That's a 40 percent drop from the previous year, said Lee Dudek, founder of Hunt for the Hungry, which provides donated deer meat to 25 food pantries in 11 northeast Wisconsin counties, including the St. Joseph Food Program in
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