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Iowa and Help Us Stop Hunger Feed Local Shelters

From the Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Partnership Reduces Deer Herd, Helps to Feed Iowans in Need

Iowa and Help Us Stop Hunger Feed Local Shelters
Iowa and Help Us Stop Hunger Feed Local Shelters

From NRAblog.com

It has been 10 years since the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Food Bank of Iowa joined to promote a new program to help reduce the size of Iowa’s deer herd, and help Iowans in need receive a healthy meal.

The Help Us Stop Hunger (HUSH) program allows hunters to donate any legally harvested deer to a participating locker as a way to encourage hunters to harvest more deer.

Lockers process the donated deer into ground venison in specially labeled two pound packages that are picked...

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