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Hunters for the Hungry Needs Funds
by Steve McCadams
www.stevemccadams.com

 Hunters wishing to contribute venison to Tennessee's Hunters for the Hungry program will find participating dealers are now charging a discounted fee for the program.

 The previously free program was sponsored by donations, primarily from private individuals. These donated funds, totaling some $21,000 in 2000, have been exhausted, and while the Tennessee Conservation League, the overall sponsor of the program, is seeking new funds, additional donations have been pledged slowly.

 Hunters are still urged to contribute all, or part, of their harvested deer to the program, which distributes venison to needy families through the state's soup kitchens and food banks.

 Participating meat processors will still accept donated meat, at a discounted processing fee of $40. Last year, hunters donated some 25,000 pounds of venison to the Hunters for the Hungry program. So far this year meat donations have already nearly reached that amount. 
 
 The Tennessee Conservation League hopes that hunters will donate approximately 50,000 pounds of meat to the program by the end of the 2000 deer season.

For information on how to donate or for local processors
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Steve McCadams
 is a professional hunting and fishing guide here in the Paris Landing area and host of The Outdoor Channel's television series  IN-PURSUIT.