A program that gets fresh game meat to disabled veterans started in Missouri, spread to Montana, and its boosters hope it might come to Wyoming.

The idea is direct and simple: Find a veteran who needs game meat, a hunter who is willing to donate it and a butcher who can process it.

“As it expanded, I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, this could expand (into a) nationwide thing, where we can get people all over the country fed,” Scott Hettinger of Missouri told Cowboy State Daily.

Putting Food In Veterans’ Freezers

Hettinger is the founder of Charlie 22 Outdoors, a Christian faith-based organization that organizes hunting trips and other events for veterans.

Most recently, Charlie 22 launched a program through which hunters can donate their game animals to veterans who are no longer able to hu

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