Indiana Conservation officers are encouraging hunters to donate harvested deer to help feed hungry Hoosiers.
The Sportsmen’s Benevolence Fund administered by the DNR Division of Law Enforcement provides grants to Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry, the Dubois County Sportsmen Club and Hunters and Farmers Feeding the Hungry to pay for processing fees when hunters donate legally harvested deer.
Hunters may drop off a field-dressed deer at a local participating processor, with processing fees paid by the Sportsmen’s Benevolence Fund. The processor creates venison burger meat to distribute to food banks, soup kitchens and food pantries.
In the 2021 hunting season, Hoosier hunters donated 879 harvested deer that created 45,326 pounds of venison being donated.
For more information, visit sbf.IN.gov.
