David Elliot first thought of
shooting an elk to help feed family and
Friends back in January when the
United States reported its first novel
Coronavirus case.
Elliot, emergency manager at Holy Cross Hospital in Taos, New
Mexico, had always wanted to go big game hunting and, with the pandemic spreading, there seemed no better time to try to fill his freezer with free-range, super-lean meat.
With some U.S. meat processors halting operations as workers fall ill, stoking fears of shortages, and people having more time on their hands and possibly less money due to shutdowns and layoffs, he is among a growing number of Americans turning to hunting for food, according to state data and hunting groups.