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Sportsmen Against Hunger
Completes 15 Years
2009 Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger
Meat Processors (year joining program)
Adams: Butcher Block, Quincy (2004); Golden Meat Locker,
Inc., Golden (2007)
Clay: Blair’s Slaughtering and Processing, Louisville
(1995); Mike’s Market, Louisville (1995)
Clinton: Behrmann Meat Processing, Albers (2001); Trenton
Processing Center, Trenton (1995)
Crawford: Stork’s Wildgame, Palastine (2001)
Douglas: Dutch Valley Meats, Arthur (1995; requires additional
$35 fee)
Edgar: The Edgar County Locker, Paris (1997)
Franklin: Miles Brothers Deer Processing, West Frankfort
(2007)
Fulton: Astoria Meat Market, Astoria (1998)
Greene: Solo Deer Processing, Kane (2002)
Hamilton: Birkner Processing, McLeansboro (2003)
Hancock: Weber Meats, Carthage (2008)
Henry: Weber Meats, Geneseo (2001); Woodhull Meat Locker,
Woodhull (2007)
Jackson: Butt n Bucks, Murphysboro (2007); Pearson’s Meat
Processing, Murphysboro (2004); Shirley Farms, DeSoto
(1997); Whitetails Deer Processing, Carbondale (1997)
Jefferson: John’s Venison Processing, Blueford (1995)
Johnson: R&R Processing, Vienna (2005)
Kane: John’s Elgin Market, South Elgin (2007)
LaSalle: Freedom Sausage, Earlville (1995)
Livingston: Forrest Meats, Inc, Forrest (1995)
Macoupin: Illinois Deer Processing, Carlinville (1997)
Madison: Burn’s Wild Game Processing, Godfrey (1997);
Korte Meat Processing, Highland (2002)
Marion: Rick’s Garden Spot Meats, Kell (1997)
McHenry: Jones Deer Locker, Woodstock (1999); Wayne’s
Market, Marengo (1995)
McLean: Gridley Meats, Inc., Gridley (1999)
Morgan: Jones Meat & Locker, Jacksonville (1995)
Ogle: Headon & Son’s, Creston (2003)
Peoria: Raber Packing Co., Peoria (1995)
Pike: Valley View Custom Meats, Pleasant Hill (2007)
Randolph: Millers’ Meat Market, Red Bud (2002); R & M
Processing, Ellis Grove (2008)
Rock Island: Coal Valley Deer Processing, Coal Valley
(1999); Reason’s Locker Service, Buffalo Prairie (1995)
Sangamon: Magro’s Deer Processing, Springfield (2001);
Magro’s Deer Processing, Auburn (2002); Y-T Packing
Co., Springfield (1997)
Schuyler: Houser Meats, Rushville (1995)
Shelby & Christian: Moweaqua Packing, Moweaqua
(2008)
Stephenson: Harbach Meats, Freeport (1995)
Tazewell: West Meats & BBQ, Washington (1995)
Vermilion: Leiding Wild Game, Danville (1997)
Winnebago: Eickman’s Processing Company, Inc., Seward
(1995); Trade Rite Foods, Rockford (1999)
Whiteside: Wyanet Meats of Sterling, Sterling (1995) Buy Illinois hunting and recreational land
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Thanks to the
generosity of
thousands of
Illinois deer
hunters, over
the past 15 years the Illinois
Sportsmen Against
Hunger program has realized
a donation of 571,998
pounds of venison, which
equates to an astounding
1.9 million healthy meals
for needy Illinois families.
Also playing a significant
role in this program
are the meat processors who accept
white-tailed deer from successful
sportsmen and prepare it for distribution
to food banks, pantries, kitchens.
Last year, nearly 50 meat processors
from 39 counties facilitated the
program by processing venison into
two-pound packages for distribution
through 54 venues.
In 1994,
the first year
of the program,
administrators
were
extremely
pleased with
the donation
of 4,800
pounds of
venison.
Since then, donations have climbed
nearly every year. Sixty-eight percent of
donations have, however, occurred in
the last 5 years (2004-
2008), with donations the
last two seasons accounting
for an amazing 37 percent
of the total.
Why the sudden spike
in donations? One reason
donations increased in
2007 was the addition of
meat processors throughout
the state, making it
much more convenient
for hunters to drop off
their deer.
Perhaps the decrease
this past season is due in part to the
economic downturn and fact that some
hunting families are relying more on
the game they harvest to feed their own
family. Unfortunately, the decrease
could not have occurred at a worse
time. Also last year, the number of food
banks and pantries asking to be recipients
significantly increased.
Tax-deductible donations, revenues
from the purchase of annual big buck
and morel pins and an annual appropriation
from the Wildlife and Fish Fund
(license/permit revenues) provide the
financial support necessary to operate
this extraordinary program. For information
on the Illinois Sportsmen
Against Hunter program, call (217)
785-5091, write the Illinois Department
of Natural Resources, Illinois Sportsmen
Against Hunger, One Natural
Resources Way, Springfield, IL 62702-
1271, e-mail tracy.shafer@illinois.gov
or visit dnr.state.il.us/legislation/isah.
Marc Miller, Director
NUMBER OF POUNDS PROCESSED PER YEAR
1994 ...........4,800
1995 .........10,000
1996 .........11,000
1997 .........12,300
1998 .........15,000
1999 .........15,700
2000 .........18,559
2001 .........21,600
2002 .........30,615
2003 .........35,554
2004 .........40,837
2005 .........63,005
2006 .........72,142
2007 .......108,153
2008 .......104,703
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