NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
August 19, 2009
Vol. 39, No. 352
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.
Fish and Wildlife announces this season’s
Sportsmen Against Hunger deer donation sites
DNREC's Division of Fish and Wildlife has announced that it will again participate in the Sportsmen Against Hunger program during the 2009-2010 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 Fish & Wildlife managed to obtain 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 this year must be registered online, by going to http://www.dehip.com/deer/default.asp, or by phone at 1-866-511-DEER [3337].) The number on the field tag will allow the Division of Fish and Wildlife to verify that a deer has been registered.
The coolers for donated deer are located at:
New Castle County
Kent County
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Woodland Beach Wildlife Area, Smyrna
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Norman G. Wilder Wildlife Area, Viola (New location)
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Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control Office, Milford (New location)
Sussex County
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Assawoman Wildlife Area, Frankford
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Gumboro Community Center, Millsboro (New location)
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Redden State Forest Headquarters, Georgetown
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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
302-836-3299 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 Meyers Drive
Wyoming, DE 19934 Hartly, DE 19953
302-697-8278 302-492-0323
Sussex County
Double “K” Deer Cutters Johnson’s Custom Cutting
28241 Windsong Lane 21404 Burton Road
Georgetown, DE 19947 Milton, DE 19968
302-249-0240 302-684-1790
Mark’s Meats & More JAKOR Enterprises
24910 Hollyville Road 18740 Whaleys Corner Road
Millsboro, DE 19966 Georgetown, DE 19947
302-933-0307 302-236-6801
For more information on the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program, please visit the Division of Fish & Wildlife’s web site at http://www.fw.delaware.gov/Hunting/Pages/SportsmenAgainstHunger.aspx or contact Joe Rogerson, Fish and Wildlife Game Mammal Biologist, at 302-735-3600.
