After tagging your deer, and calling for your transportation number,
take your deer to one of the participating butchers listed on our website,
and in the hunter’s digest. The food bank is not allowed to distribute the
meat unless the deer is processed at a butcher that has been inspected
by the State Health Dept. All participating butchers have passed this
inspection.
Fill out the form at the butcher shop (name, address, license number,
transportation number, etc).
If the dressed weight of your deer is more than 50 lbs, you pay at least
the first $10 of the processing fee, and HHH pays the balance. If the
dressed weight of your deer is less than 50 lbs, then you pay at least the
first $25 of the processing fee. HHH is not a state funded program. All
funding comes from donations, and fundraisers. Since there have been
years when we had to close the program down during the hunting season
due to lack of funding, we need to ask the hunter to share in the processing
fee.
The butcher will then process your deer, and the food bank will pick your
processed deer up at the butcher, and distribute the meat to various food
pantries, emergency shelters, churches, etc. Your deer, and your willingness
to share in the cost of the processing fees will then help feed hungry families
in New Jersey.
Thank you for being a vital part of the Hunters Helping the Hungry program!
