Another question about Deer in your state.

True, but back then everybody and their brother was doing it for money. The wildlife game commissioners could control how many commercial hunters are out there now days and where they would get to do the harvesting at. It could be strictly regulated and legalized only for the commercial hunters.

Billhoo
most ADC work is done by the USDA, in fact some states prohibit private contracters under the argument it violates the federal law.

r.h.
i did some editing, but also think about it, so many guys turn their deer into sausage because they don't like the gamey taste (which mosty comes from not knowing proper meat care). with all the issues concerning food safety, are you going to trust some billy bob that doesn't wash after he pees to properly care for & clean the meat.

That's why I don't always trust the meat in the grocers. On one of those news show they showed having a hidden camera in the mens restroom pointing at the handwash sinks and only about 65 percent of the employees were washing thier hands before returning back to work. These were employees at a major beef processing plant that shipped meat all over the country to smaller processers.

you know what might be a good idea, in TX a lot of guys catch feral hogs and feed em out a week or two then sell for slaughter they make a profit because of the small $ invested. what if we could trap and then ship live deer to slaughter? that might be an avenue to persue. or even if the carcasses could be sold for dog food.

Big difference.....I've known several commercial fishermen. They are restricted to "rough fish" like carp,buffalo,gar. These are fish that are underutilized by sport fishermen and no one really cares about those species. Propose a change the commercial fishing regs to allow them to take and sell Bass, Crappie, Walleye and you'll get a taste of what you would run up against if you tried to allow the commercial harvest of deer. From a licensed hunter perspective- if you have too many deer on your private lands, the solution is easy- Allow limited hunting. In some places you would make more money on lease fees than you would on carcass sales.

Not legal in Ohio, but you can donate to a food alliance

Agree with Moonwolf. Organizations like Heifer International work wonders beating down hunger. Instead, I would like to see professional licensed hunters take out the deer and have it sent to soup kitchens and the like. Here in lower Michigan, we have great venison, fat from from all the beans, corn and wheat they can eat.

I saw Pat Moynihan try valiantly to make that very point in a speech at the UN when he was the U.S. Ambassador to that body. He used the old "Give a man fish/Teach a man to fish" story, but I don't think he ever got his point across. Along those lines, I say ship them some live deer to start their own herd. I've got about a dozen I wish someone would cart off right now.

Meanwhile, back at the thread: In Georgia, you can donate deer at certain collection points, but I don't think you can sell it. You cannot process wild game and domestic animals at the same sites/facilities.

Illegle in Michigan also.

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