Edwin Pierre-Lewis, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, uses a buck call as he hunts deer west of Athens. He learned to hunt as part of the Field to Fork program and has become a mentor, now teaching others how to hunt.

Edwin Pierre-Lewis, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, uses a buck call as he hunts deer west of Athens. He learned to hunt as part of the Field to Fork program and has become a mentor, now teaching others how to hunt. / Macon Telegraph

There's no shortage of deer in the wild and semi-wild places in Georgia. But as time marches on, the people that hunt deer are growing increasingly rare in the landscape.

Turning To 'Locavores' To Train New Hunters

That's why, in this story from the Macon Telegraph,  the Field to Fork program in Athens is looking to locavores, or people who care about where their food comes from and how it is raised, as part of the next generation of hunters.

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