Vol. 40, No. 340

For more information, contact Joe Rogerson, Game Mammal Biologist, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 302-735-3600, or Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

DNREC Fish and Wildlife announces Sportsmen Against Hunger
deer donation sites for 2010-2011 season

DOVER (Oct. 5, 2010) – The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife again will participate in the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program during the 2010-2011 Delaware deer hunting season. All donated deer will be processed, with the meat distributed to charitable groups participating in the program. Initially, there was some concern that the Sportsmen Against Hunter program might not be funded due to statewide budget cuts, but the Delaware Legislature was able to provide full funding for the upcoming season.

The Division of Fish and Wildlife recently finalized deer donation locations for participating hunters, who may drop off their deer at any of the eight walk-in coolers maintained by the division. These coolers are checked periodically, and all donated deer are taken to the Sussex Correctional Institution where they are processed. If a hunter donates a deer, the division requests that he or she please call the phone number posted on the cooler, so that the deer is transported to the correctional institution for processing in a timely manner.   

Any deer dropped off at a cooler also must be field dressed and registered, with the registration number written on the field tag attached to the animal. (NOTE: All deer taken in Delaware must be registered online at http://www.dehip.com/deer/default.asp. The number on the field tag will allow the Division of Fish and Wildlife to verify that a deer has been registered.)

Locations of the coolers for donated deer are:

New Castle County

• Augustine Wildlife Area, Port Penn

Kent County

• Woodland Beach Wildlife Area, Smyrna
• Norman G. Wilder Wildlife Area, Viola

Sussex County

• Assawoman Wildlife Area, Frankford
• Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control Office, Milford
• Gumboro Community Center, Millsboro
• Redden State Forest Headquarters, Georgetown
• Trap Pond State Park, Laurel

Successful hunters may also take their deer to any of the participating private butcher shops found throughout the state.   

COOPERATING BUTCHER SHOPS

New Castle County 

Bill’s Deer Butchering                                  Marks Butcher Shop
1210 Dutch Neck Road                                  7296 Grantham Lane (River Road Ind. Park)
Middletown DE  19709                                  New Castle, DE  19720
302-562-3651                                                 302-229-0897

Townsend Deer Butchering
1300 Dexter Corner Road
Townsend, DE 19734
302-378-3268

Kent County 

Miller’s Custom Butcher Shop                      D&J Custom Cutting
577 Morgans Choice Road                            89 Myers Drive
Wyoming, DE  19934                                     Hartly, DE  19953
302-697-8278                                                  302-492-0323 

Sussex County 

Johnson’s Custom Cutting                            JAKOR Enterprises
21404 Burton Road                                        18740 Whaleys Corner Road
Milton, DE  19968                                          Georgetown, DE 19947
302-684-1790                                                  302-236-6801

Mark’s Meats & More
24910 Hollyville Road
Millsboro, DE  19966
302-933-0307

For more information on the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program, please visit the Division of Fish & Wildlife’s website at http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Hunting/Pages/SportsmenAgainstHunger.aspx or contact Joe Rogerson, Fish and Wildlife Game Mammal Biologist, at 302-735-3600.