Food
Hunters unpack wild game meat as employees work to process it on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Meat Cleaver in Denver, Colo. Meat Cleaver accepts meat donations from hunters to give to food pantries. Photo by Eli Imadali / Special to The Colorado Trust
Hunters in Colorado sometimes wait years to obtain one of the limited number of tags, or licenses, to hunt certain animals. That’s why Ethan Janicki, a hunter who lives in Denver, was surprised to draw tags for both elk and mule deer during Colorado’s rifle seasons.
Janicki bagged one of each animal. After filling his freezer and refrigerator with meat and gifting some to his family, he donated about 50 pounds of venison to local food pantries last year through a Colorado version of a national program that connects hunters and butchers with organizations serving food-insecure families. Janicki first heard about the donation programs when he lived in Texas, but he had to work hard to find one in Colorado.
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