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Published Saturday, October 31, 2009 in Religion

Local hunters can take dressed deer to Royal from Nov. 6-8

By MARTIN BROOKS

mbrooks@newnan.com

Local hunters can take dressed deer to Royal Baptist Church to help feed hungry people as part of the annual Hunters for the Hungry program.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources -- Wildlife Resources Division and Parks and Historic Sites Division, the Georgia Wildlife Federation, the Georgia Department of Corrections, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the Georgia State Association of Food Banks have come together again this year to continue Hunters for the Hungry, a program they started in 1993. Hunters for the Hungry, an annual event, asks hunters to bring their field-dressed deer to various collections sites within Georgia.

There are 15 collection sites in Georgia accepting deer throughout the season -- and three accepting deer on a November weekend. After the meat has been deposited at one of these locations, it is sent to the Department of Corrections to be processed and then to food banks, which distribute the meat to the needy.

Every hunter who brings deer to one of these drop-off sites will be entered into a drawing for a new hunting rifle. The winner will be announced February of 2010.

The local weekend drop-off point for Coweta is Royal Baptist Church of Newnan at 70 Mayo Royal Industrial Blvd. Royal Baptist has participated in Hunters for Hungry for about the past five years, bringing in about 2.5 tons of deer meat last year. The drop-off times are November 6-8 between 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. There will be a large refrigerated trailer for all the field-dressed deer. During these times Royal Baptist will also be giving away prizes to hunters who bring in their kill.

All of the 15 participating season-round collection sites are also participating in the Drop-Back-A-Pack program. In that program, hunters can leave some of their processed veninson in the freezer marked "Drop Back A Pack," when they pick up their processed deer from one of the sites. The venison collected in the Drop-Back-A-Pack freezers will also be donated to food banks for the needy.

Information, including participating collections sites, relating to Hunters for Hungry may be accessed at www.georgiawildlife.com, then search for "Hunters for Hungry."