AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Many hunters love the sport that allows them to get out in the great outdoors, enjoy the fresh air, and match their wits against prey that is often very sly. And it also allows them to supplement their family's food budget. But now a new movement has arisen. According to the Christian Science Monitor, "a national 'hunters for the hungry' campaign ... is racking up record amounts of donated deer, wild hog, and squirrel meat to bolster soup-kitchen chilis during the coldest, leanest stretch of the year for poorer Americans."
The recent Monitor article featured an interview with hunter Victor Devine, a middle-school teacher who lives in northeast Georgia. The Devine family normally eats about 100 pounds of venison a year, but during each season Mr. Devine hunts an additional deer or two to help feed strangers. "A lot of hunters think it's ...