08/06/2026
The mentored hunt experience at the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge is all about sustainable food harvesting and teaching participants how to prepare meals for themselves and their families is a big part of the event. Come learn from Refuge Manager Mike Horne and Refuge Law Enforcement Officer McMenamin (pictured here showing participants how to prepare venison jerky) how to make a variety of meals, from venison burgers to steaks to stews to chilli to meat sticks. If you've always wanted to learn about hunting as a sustainable food harvesting method, but you come from a non-hunting background, please join us and our partners from the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Game Commission- Northeast Region for our series of mentored deer hunts this fall. Individuals ages 12 and over with little-to-no hunting experience will be offered the opportunity to learn about hunting from a team of experienced mentors, including hunters, biologists, and wildlife law enforcement officers. Participants will learn about hunting ethics and safety, as well as food-related topics of field-dressing and processing. For more information and to apply, please visit this website: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pgc/huntingandtrapping/get-started-hunting?fbclid=IwY2xjawTh5cdwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMXJCbmN0amRBZ05yZGp3Y1JzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe37w9tpPIzTFFKIsOmHFIwfUogG6lNA0n42Wq5SSSUETV2VhClPdWjflXRjc_aem_bNWQfl6FdW2LckIEZ14REA -265ee60743-item-56f2cb87aa
