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Specter of meat shortage creating a batch of first-time hunters

Turkey hunting license sales are booming in Indiana. Meanwhile in New Mexico, first-time hunters are trying their hands at shooting elk. Worried the spread of Covid-19 will lead to meat shortages, many are turning back to the land, Reuters reports. Whether all these new sharpshooters can successfully feed their families—and find space in their freezers for all that meat—is another question entirely.

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