Meat processing plants across the country have been packed since the pandemic hit in March.
So when the deer hunting season began, local butchers had to decide whether to interrupt their busy beef and hog processing to accommodate hunters.
In Allen County, Bolling’s Moran Locker pushed back its other meat processing in favor of deer.
Our Market, which hasn’t yet officially opened its store and butcher shop in Humboldt, began offering deer processing at the start of the hunting season in December.