Coolers & Butchers Ready for Deer Meat Donations During Hunting Season in Delaware

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During the deer hunting season, the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program will again help to provide for Delaware鈥檚 hungry.聽 Several private butcher shops statewide are taking part and will process the meat into venison at no charge to be distributed by the Division of Fish & Wildlife to charitable groups providing meals for needy Delawareans.聽 聽Deer donations can be directly to a participating butcher or dropped at any of DNREC鈥檚 walk-in coolers.聽 Last year over 19-thousand pounds of venison was donated.

Hunters donating deer are asked to call the phone number posted on the walk-in coolers so that the deer can be transported for processing in a timely manner. Hunters are reminded that all deer dropped off at a cooler must be field-dressed and registered by the hunter, with the registration number written on the field tag attached to the deer. Coolers are checked frequently, with donated deer taken to participating private butcher shops or the Sussex Correctional Institution鈥檚 deer butchering program for processing.

All deer harvested in Delaware, including donated deer, must be registered through the Division of Fish & Wildlife鈥檚 Hunter and Trapper Registration (HTR) system. Deer hunters are encouraged to access the system online at聽www.dnrec.delaware.gov/delhunt聽using a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer. Hunters who聽prefer to talk to a live customer service representative can call 855-DELHUNT (855-335-4868).

Participating Butcher Shops
Sussex County
Dave鈥檚 Cut 鈥楨m Up
6854 Delmar Road
Delmar, DE 19940
302-381-7257

Kent County
Miller鈥檚 Butcher Shop
577 Morgans Choice Road
Wyoming, DE 19934
302-697-8278

D&J Custom Cutting
89 Myers Drive
Hartly, DE 19953
302-492-0323

Cooler Locations to Donate Deer
Sussex County

Kent County

For more information on hunting in Delaware can be found at聽2018-2019 Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide. The guide also is available in printed form at DNREC鈥檚 Dover licensing desk in the Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901, and from license agents statewide.

For more information on the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program, please visit聽Sportsmen Against Hunger,聽or contact Bill Jones, regional wildlife manager, 302-284-4795. For deer hunting information, please contact Eric Ness, deer and furbearer biologist, at 302-735-3600.


 

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