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Arizona Game & Fish Donates More Than 3,100 Pounds Of Game Meat to Needy In 2010

Arizona Game and Fish Department

PHOENIX, AZ – -(Ammoland.com)- Arizona Game and Fish Department officers in the Pinetop Region donated more than 3,100 pounds of wild game meat and fish to local charitable organizations and food banks located throughout the White Mountains area during 2010, report department officials.

“We’re happy to see this program continue each year,” says Dan Dymond, law enforcement program manager in the department’s Pinetop office.

“Many of our less privileged residents in eastern Arizona receive nutritious meat they desperately need because of our officers’ extra efforts. Most of the donated game meat and fish comes from seizures resulting from various wildlife violations.”

Charitable organizations the department works with in the White Mountains include Shepherd’s Food Bank in the Snowflake/Taylor area, The Love Kitchen in Pinetop-Lakeside, and churches in the Springerville/Eagar area.

“We are thrilled with our partnership with Arizona Game and Fish,” says Chuck McMaster, founder and CEO of Shepherd’s Food Bank.

“With high unemployment in many areas fueling an even greater need for nutritious food items at food banks and feeding ministries, we really appreciate these donations and the efforts of these dedicated officers. We provide food boxes to more than 7,300 families each month throughout Navajo County, and this game meat goes a long way in helping us meet the needs of these families.”

The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s mission, in part, is to conserve, enhance, and restore Arizona’s diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs for the enjoyment, appreciation, and use by present and future generations. Visit the department’s website at www.azgfd.gov.

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Hunters Enjoy Organic Food Inexpensively
Hunters saving money while eating the best organic food know to man.
by J. Wayne Fears

J. Wayne Fears

Pottstown PA --(Ammoland.com)- Have you looked at the prices of organic food in grocery stores lately?

From milk to beef to vegetables, organic foods produced without pesticides and hormones are usually the highest-priced items in their categories.

Let’s us talk about how you can get organic food, specifically meat, that costs next to nothing, while exercising that may help you lose weight and improve your cardiovascular system.

When you partake of what I call the wild harvest, you’re acquiring and eating the most-natural food possible.

Hunters Enjoy Organic Food Inexpensively

Free-range chickens and turkeys, prime items at grocery stores, command high prices. However, when you hunt and take wild turkeys, grouse, quail, doves, ducks and pheasants, you’re harvesting the ultimate, very-lean organic meats, free from steroids and pesticides that never have lived in crowded conditions and have variations in taste.

Have you noticed when anyone tries to describe the taste of the meat that has little or no flavor, they’ll generally say, “That tastes like chicken.”

Those of us who hunt for and eat the meats we take enjoy the most-natural, delicious organic meats available on the planet.

If you hunt big-game animals like deer, elk, moose and/or caribou, just one of these animals will produce enough organic meat to feed a family of four for many weeks with meat that’s low in cholesterol, high in protein, lower in calories and delicious to the tastebuds.

All these big-game animals are free-grazing and eat the best foods nature has to offer. For instance, domestic hogs are kept in pens and fed who knows what, probably including growth hormones to help them grow bigger, quicker. Wild hogs eat native plants, which produce very-lean meat that’s much healthier for human consumption when properly prepared. The same is true when you compare cattle raised in lots to deer and elk that roam free. To have the best organic meat possible, go out into the woods as a hunter, and then take and eat the game you harvest. If you’re not a hunter but have friends who do hunt, ask your hunting friends to bring you some of the organic meats they take on their hunting trips.

Here’s one of my favorite wild pig recipes.

Wild Pig Parmesan

Ingredients:

• 1/2-cup Italian bread crumbs
• 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
• 3/4-teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/2-teaspoon paprika
• 3 egg whites
• 4 pork chops (about 4-ounces each)

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil, and spray the foil with vegetable cooking spray. On waxed paper, combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, rosemary and paprika. Mix well. In a shallow bowl, lightly beat egg whites. Dip each pork chop into the egg whites, draining off excess. Dredge in bread-crumb/spice mixture, turning to coat. Place pork chops on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes. Turn pork chops, and bake until crisp and golden, about 10 minutes. While the pork chops are baking, prepare the following sauce:

Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 can (14-ounces) low-sodium tomato sauce
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4-cup chopped fresh parsley

Preparation:

In a small saucepan, cook tomato juice, garlic and basil over medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in parsley. Place some sauce on serving plates, and top with pork chops. Drizzle the chops with the remaining sauce.

To learn more about how to butcher, cut and prepare wild game for the table, go to www.protoolindustries.net, and click on cutting and preparing wild meat.

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