The Fifth Annual Hunt Your Food program was a great success again. Even though numbers were not what we had hoped for the entire program was well received. The collaboration of this agent and my AG counter part went well as usual. The participants were a small percentage of hunters in the area. What was lacking in numbers was made up in by enthusiasm. All members were very active, responsive and asking extremely good questions. By utilizing expertise from 3 different speakers, we were able to entertain and educate the crowd. The first speaker was Dr. Rentfro from the meats science lab at UK. He was able to instill the importance of taking care of your harvested animal in a timely and clean way. Greg went over the significance of watching the cleanliness of the carcass and the temperature at which it is kept before making it to the cutting floor. He also explained how many people a year are affected by food poison and food born illnesses. The next speaker was Becky Bloomfield  and she covered hunter safety. Now, the group represented consisted of 9 males with 3 of these being youth. One can never be too old or too young to hear the message of safe gun handling. Becky covered the do's and don't of safe hunting procedures. She went over how many deaths a year occur by mishandling weapons or just plan laziness that can end horribly. While speaking he went over the most important rules and regulations withing the state.  The highlight of the event was the extremely good and nutritious lunch. It consisted of KY Burgoo which had all the essential vegetables and proteins. The meat was, whitetail, elk and bison. Then we also served them a Whitetail Chicken Fried Parmesan dish. Participants were also happy to be able to participate in a small door prize event. All participants went home with some hunting gear or clothes. This group was made up of mostly first time attendees. Those who had attended before were asked to talk about things they learned in the past and what they had put into effect in the hunting rituals. Most if not all had changed the way the took care of the game they harvested and how they carried themselves in the field. All the participants agreed they had learned new things in the years they have attended and are looking forward to next years program.