{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=1a4ad244-a7d8-4ce3-923a-c1fabdd56d30", "Mountaineer Food Bank filled with venison | The Dominion Post", "2013-10-26", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "October 26, 2013\n\t\t\t Mountaineer Food Bank filled with venison | The Dominion Post  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROANOKE \u2014 Hunters are taking aim at hunger this weekend during the Governor\u2019s One Shot Whitetail Hunt, based at Stonewall Jackson Resort.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   On Friday evening, they tested their hunting weapons at the annual \u201csighting of the rifles\u201d at the public shooting range.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   This morning, after a pre-sunrise breakfast, each two-person team set out with their volunteer guides to hunt antlerless deer on private lands.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Money and venison from the hunt goes to the Hunters Helping the Hungry Program administered by the Mountaineer Food Bank in Gassaway, said Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro during the Friday sighting.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Teams pay a $2,000 entry fee, he said, and individual and corporate sponsors may donate as much as $10,000. The cash goes directly to the food bank. The venison is processed locally, free of charge and divided into 2-pound packs and given to the food bank.   \u00a0\u00a0   \u00a0Hunters are in the field until 4 p.m., he said, then return to the resort for a reception, awards banquet, raffles and live auction. Seventeen two-person teams registered this year.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., arrived at the Stonewall lobby after the sighting and described how he and Jezioro originated the program in 2007 while he was governor.   \u00a0\u00a0   In 2005, Manchin said, he and Jezioro went to Wyoming for a one-shot antelope hunt; it\u2019s the nation\u2019s oldest organized hunt, originated by the governors of Wyoming and Colorado.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   \u201cWe went out there and had a great time,\u201d Manchin said. And he told Jezioro, \u201cFrank, we could do that back home.\u201d   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   So Jezioro set to work with his staff. They teamed up with Mountaineer Food Bank Executive Director Carla Nardella to direct the meat and money to the food bank, and brought in Gen. Chuck Yeager to help get it off the ground.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   In its first year, Jezioro said, the hunt raised $17,000; in 2012, it raised $75,000. All told, it\u2019s raised more than $300,000. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin agreed to keep offering it when he took office.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Manchin said he missed it last year, but wanted to be here this year to team up with Jezioro and bag a pair of does. \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful event, it really is,\u201d he said.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   It\u2019s also a friendly contest, they said. Teams earn points based on the times they bag their deer and the weight of the deer. A hunter is supposed to down the deer with one shot, they said, hence the name.   \u00a0\u00a0   \u00a0In Wyoming, Manchin said, they both bagged theirs early and could have won, but Jezioro\u2019s required a second shot, costing them penalty points.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   They hold the hunt on private lands, Jezioro said, so they don\u2019t interfere with other hunters. Bagging only antlerless deer, he said, helps control the deer populations on those private lands.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t    By:\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t    David Beard\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\tSource:\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tHunters shoot deer to benefit helping the hunger program\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=1a4ad244-a7d8-4ce3-923a-c1fabdd56d30"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9689240250736475, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}