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Christian Bowhunters In the last eight years, the Christian Bowhunters of America and Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry have donated approximately 46,00o pounds of game to local and area communities, which provides about 184,000 servings of protein in total. These groups provide wild game to help fill the need in local churches, families and food pantries. Meat is delivered in vacuum-sealed packages that include a printed gospel message in both English and Spanish Recipients get nourishment for the body and soul, said organizer Danny Bezet. To help continue its mission of providing meat year-round, the group needs support from the community. They are seeking legally harvested deer and or monetary donations to help with related-expenses. For more information, visit their website at huntforchrist.com or their social media pages on Instagram at: Christianbowhuntersoftexas, Facebook and YouTube at: Christian Bowhunters of
Danny Bezet delivers packages of processed and frozen wild game to local communities to help feed the needy through churches and food pantries. — Submitted photo
Texas. “The incentive is that hunters will be able to use their extra tags to harvest animals that will help feed hungry families, and at no cost to the hunter,” Bezet said. “This places farmers and hunters back into their traditional roles as food providers in the community instead of the government.” Bezet said the organization has donated approximately 5,900 pounds of packaged meat so far this year. The group’s annual goal is 10,000-plus pounds every year. According to Bezet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and Bandera counties can each use 250-500 pounds of processed wild game each month. One processed animal can result in 100 to 200 servings depending on its size, Bezet said. In order to be donated, animals need to be field dressed before they are delivered to the Christian Bowhunters of America. If donors cannot dress the animal themselves, they can deliver the meat to
Bernhard’s Meat Processing and Market, just east of Ingram, in Kerrville. Information is also available by contacting Bezet at 210-669-4543 or email him at dannybezet@yahoo.com. The local chapter is a formal non-profit organization, Christian Bowhunters of Texas, Inc. that distributes wild game meat, Bibles, Christian literature and Christian Bowhunter Magazines. “We are all blessed and have a responsibility to our communities to do whatever God is calling us to do for His glory and purpose,” Bezet said.
