Congratulations! If you arrived via a meat label QR code, that donated venison you're holding is 100% pure, wild-hunted top-shelf protein, harvested by recreational hunters from their region for their community. By using this venison, you're:

  • encouraging local recreational hunters to go out and hunt more for a good cause
  • increasing recreational hunters' contribution to conservation values through more animal management (hunting)
  • saving your supplier money on commercial protein they can put into other things
  • getting top shelf venison!

You're reading this on Better Hunting, a hunter education platform developed as a public good by the Game Animal Council to help hunters hunt safely and ethically. Part of that is Meat Donation Support, developed to provide your hunters the training, record keeping and assurance - for themselves and you - that they're doing right by their people. 

Unregulated meat

Your meat is 'unregulated'. It has not been inspected in a registered, regulated abattoir or processing plant. It must not be sold or traded. While every effort has been made to ensure it is safe to eat, it is consumed at your own risk.

New to cooking venison?

Venison mince is not like beef mince. It is lean. Don't stress, you can use it just like beef mince and it'll be amazing. But if you want it to really sing, it's best if it's cooked last and less. E.g. if you're making nachos or bolognese, fry everything else up first and fry the mince at the end. If you're after ideas, check out some venison mince recipes. Don't forget best practice meat handling techniques.


Learn more about recreational meat donations

Recreational hunters can donate wild shot animals to share for charitable purposes. The GAC have developed a variety of tools to support hunters to do this safely. Check out the supply side of things.
Explore a map of recreational meat donation groups.