“wild game meat”

It’s no secret the NRA has been a leading advocate of Hunters for the Hungry programs since the early 1990s. This November, we advance our advocacy and celebrate our creation of National Wild Game Meat Donation Month to inspire hunters everywhere to share surplus game.

This November, the NRA and its members will celebrate the first-ever “Wild Game Meat Donation Month” to encourage all hunters to donate extra venison or other game meat to help provide meals for those in need.

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Jeffrey J. McManus of Lancaster, Calif.

In our zeal to teach hunter-recruits marksmanship and fieldcraft we must not forget to arm them with the knowledge of everything American hunters have done to conserve our natural resources. A well-armed hunter, after all, is our best advertisement.

Residents in Gregg County, Texas, see Warden Todd Long coming—and why not? More than a decade ago, he began turning roadkill and illegally taken game into packaged meat to distribute to members of the community who may benefit from it. His diligence and generosity has become a regular part of the landscape in East Texas.

Attend a field-to-table event and you’ll never again need to rely on a butcher or chef to render your game into table fare.

Does the outdoor enthusiast in your life have a special occasion coming up? A Wild Game Sampler gourmet food gift from Burger’s Smokehouse could be just the ticket.

To prevent the future decay of our sport, we need to be open and honest about what it is we do. We need to encourage new and prospective hunters with the unbiased, unapologetic and totally exciting truth: Hunting is just plain cool.

From DIY elk to whitetail culls, these are the affordable, fun, freezer-filling hunts you need to plan.