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    Pennsylvania Game Commission

    Hunters Sharing the Harvest

    Each season, Hunters Sharing the Harvest donates over 100,000 pounds of venison to more than 5,000 food banks, soup kitchens and mission outreach centers statewide. Families and individuals access the food banks to help put food on the table for themselves and their children.

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    The Pennsylvania Game Commission is a proud supporter of Pennsylvania’s Hunters Sharing the Harvest program

    Pennsylvania’s Venison Donation Program

     Since 1991, HSH has coordinated the processing and distribution of nearly TWO MILLION pounds of donated deer meat and wild game from hunters and municipal herd reduction sources to hungry people throughout Pennsylvania.

    An average-sized deer will provide enough high-protein, low-fat meat for 200 servings. Thanks to program sponsors, hunters can donate venison at no charge.

    This hunter-inspired community service outreach effectively channels hunter donated venison through a network of approved deer processors, food banks and some local charitable provider organizations throughout Pennsylvania’s urban and rural communities.

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    Call of the Outdoors Episode 23

    Pennsylvania Hunters Sharing the Harvest

    In Call of the Outdoors, Episode 23, podcast host Matt Morrett, joins the Hunters Sharing the Harvest program’s first Executive Director John Plowman and its current Executive Director Randy Ferguson. The program that started nearly 30 years ago as an alliance between hunters, trappers, veterinarians and those with agricultural interests, has grown into a premier organization modeled across the country.

    Hunters Sharing the Harvest shows hunters in their best light and in a way they can be appreciated and respected by the public by sharing their harvest. Hunting and filling a tag is one thing, but taking the time and effort to ensure the meat gets into a program that provides a warm meal to someone in need is extraordinary.

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