Hunters Sharing the Harvest

11/02/2026

10/03/2026

🏹 Good luck, Pennsylvania bowhunters!

Today marks the opening of the statewide archery deer season. We wish you a safe and successful season.

And if you’re fortunate enough to fill a tag, consider sharing your harvest with neighbors in need by donating a deer to Hunters Sharing the Harvest.

Good luck. Hunt safe. Share the harvest! 🦌

10/01/2026

🧡 TODAY IS HUNGER ACTION DAY! 🧡

Hunger Action Day is about turning awareness into action — and Pennsylvania’s hunters do exactly that every year.

During the 2025–26 season, hunters donated a record 294,844 pounds of venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest — nearly 1.2 million servings of nutritious protein for neighbors facing food insecurity.

But getting that venison from field to food bank comes at a cost.

HSH pays participating processors so hunters can donate their deer at no charge. That means every donated dollar helps us turn another hunter’s harvest into meals for Pennsylvania families.

🦌 Today, we’re asking you to take action with us.

Whether it’s $25, $50, $100 or more, your gift helps pay the cost of processing hunter-donated deer and getting that nutritious venison where it’s needed most.

Pennsylvania hunters provide the deer. Your support helps us provide the meals.

🧡 Give today at www.sharedeer.org

09/26/2026

🦌🎣 Today is National Hunting and Fishing Day — a day to celebrate the hunters, anglers and conservationists who help protect Pennsylvania’s outdoor heritage and natural resources.

At Hunters Sharing the Harvest, we’re especially proud of the role hunters play beyond the woods and fields. Every deer donated through HSH turns a successful hunt into nutritious protein for Pennsylvania families facing food insecurity.

As archery seasons get underway across parts of Pennsylvania and hunters prepare for the weeks ahead, we encourage you to make sharing the harvest part of your season.

Enjoy the outdoors. Hunt safely. Take someone new along. And when you have an opportunity, consider donating a deer through HSH.

Happy National Hunting and Fishing Day!

Hunting as Social Service™

09/23/2026

🎉 WELCOME TO THE HSH FAMILY! 🦌🥩

We’re excited to welcome Spring Valley Meats and Seasonings in Slatington as the newest participating processor in the Hunters Sharing the Harvest network!

The Hoppes family and Spring Valley Meats are well respected throughout the Lehigh County area, and we’re thrilled to have them joining our mission of helping Pennsylvania hunters turn their harvests into nutritious protein for neighbors in need.

And they don’t just process deer — they make some pretty great specialty products, too. Just check out the hot bologna pictured here! 😋

Thank you to the Hoppes family for stepping up to support Pennsylvania’s hunters, local communities and the HSH mission.

Another great processor helping us put Hunting as Social Service™ into action!

09/20/2026

BIG NEWS FOR WILD GAME DONATION 🇺🇸🦌

A new White House executive order titled “Reinvigorating America’s Hunting Heritage” includes something especially significant to Hunters Sharing the Harvest and programs like ours across the country: an entire section dedicated to Increasing Wild Game Donation.

The order directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue guidance supporting state-based wild game venison donation programs, including through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). It also calls for encouraging state wildlife agencies to use Pittman-Robertson funds to help manage hyperabundant wildlife populations, especially whitetail deer, including activities that facilitate the processing and donation of wild game for schools and food banks.

For HSH, this is meaningful recognition of something Pennsylvania hunters have demonstrated for decades: hunting can simultaneously serve wildlife management, agriculture and hunger relief.

During the 2025-26 season alone, Pennsylvania hunters donated 294,844 pounds of venison through HSH — nearly 1.2 million servings for neighbors in need.

We are encouraged to see wild game donation specifically recognized at the federal level and look forward to seeing how these directives are implemented.

That’s Hunting as Social Service™ in action.

Read the executive order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/reinvigorating-americas-hunting-heritage/?fbclid=Iwb21leAUayjpjbGNrBRrJHHBkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEed0CZdTVP_6f8bnHBjZNVQK_vWTUp3ZnW6rTapO3vYoR4IW0JLqdjnjIzVTY_aem_PqcFU2WC9b_wm6o5PS-c-w



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09/19/2026

🏹 Good luck, bowhunters!

Archery season opens today, Sept. 19, in Wildlife Management Units 2B, 5C and 5D!

As hunters head into the woods across these WMUs, Hunters Sharing the Harvest wishes everyone a safe, successful season.

And if you’re fortunate enough to fill a tag and have more venison than you need, consider sharing your harvest with a neighbor in need. 🦌❤️

HSH participating processors accept donated deer and turn them into nutritious ground venison for food banks and pantries serving Pennsylvania families — at no cost to the hunter.

📍 Find a participating processor near you at sharedeer.org/meat-processors.

Good luck, shoot straight and thank you for being part of Hunting as Social Service™!

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day from Hunters Sharing the Harvest!

Today, we celebrate the hardworking Pennsylvanians who keep our farms productive, our businesses moving, our communities safe and our neighbors cared for.

HSH is proud to work alongside so many dedicated hunters, meat processors, farmers, food bank partners, volunteers and supporters who understand the value of hard work and service to others.

Enjoy a safe and well-earned Labor Day! 🇺🇸

09/01/2026

September is Hunger Action Month, and Pennsylvania hunters are already making a difference.

During the 2025-26 hunting season, hunters donated 294,844 pounds of venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest — providing nearly 1.2 million servings of nutritious protein to families across Pennsylvania.

HSH makes those donations possible by paying the cost of processing donated deer and working with food banks and community feeding programs to get the venison where it's needed most.

If you’ve supported HSH before, September is a great time to renew your support. If you’re new to our mission, we’d love to have you join us.
Help turn the harvest into hope.

Learn more or give at www.sharedeer.org/support-our-mission