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MADISON — State officials say Wisconsin
hunters donated almost 4,000 deer last year to help feed the needy.
That's down substantially from the 6,300
donated in 2008. But the state Department of Natural Resources says the
decline was expected because the 2009 harvest was down.
Last year's donations translated to about
176,000 pounds of ground venison. The meat was distributed to Wisconsin
food pantries.
DNR spokeswoman Laurie Fike says even
with fewer donations, food-pantry volunteers were especially grateful
last year. She says they told her that with so many residents laid off
"there was more need than ever."
Deer donations were highest in Dane
County with 483 deer, followed by Buffalo County with 258 and Columbia
County with 200.
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