With the over abundance of harvested white-tail deer in south Texas during the Fall and Winter months I would like to help suppress the holiday hunger in south Texas. Just the meat from one deer can feed a family of four for several weeks.
Many of the unfortunate people struggling to provide for their families are unaware this
overabundance. From personal experience on the Callaghan Ranch, I have donated meat to needy families coming by the ranch. Yet this was only the product of “word of mouth”. My goal is establish a more direct approach between ranches and the needy people and families. By establishing a direct connection between food banks and ranches we could serve more unfortunate people. Creating a sign up list or providing families with phone numbers to cooperating ranches in their local area would be the most sustainable idea.
This would begin in the Laredo area, with ranches like the Callaghan and Killam Ranches which dominate a
large amount of acreage in Webb County.This can be beneficial to both ends, helping the ranch dispose of deer harvested to keep up with management criteria and at the same time helping the hungry.
Hopefully with the establishment of these two major ranch connections, more landowners and ranches will join the battle to fight hunger. This plan may take time, but slowly and surely will be an effective way to end hunger and give back to our communities during the holiday season.
Many of the unfortunate people struggling to provide for their families are unaware this
overabundance. From personal experience on the Callaghan Ranch, I have donated meat to needy families coming by the ranch. Yet this was only the product of “word of mouth”. My goal is establish a more direct approach between ranches and the needy people and families. By establishing a direct connection between food banks and ranches we could serve more unfortunate people. Creating a sign up list or providing families with phone numbers to cooperating ranches in their local area would be the most sustainable idea.
This would begin in the Laredo area, with ranches like the Callaghan and Killam Ranches which dominate a
large amount of acreage in Webb County.This can be beneficial to both ends, helping the ranch dispose of deer harvested to keep up with management criteria and at the same time helping the hungry.
Hopefully with the establishment of these two major ranch connections, more landowners and ranches will join the battle to fight hunger. This plan may take time, but slowly and surely will be an effective way to end hunger and give back to our communities during the holiday season.
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