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Business the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic has never been better, Oiler said. "People are eating at home, and they're buying so much more meat and they're learning how to cook," she said.  She said she's processed more than 1,000 deer this year, up 30% from past years. And much of that is helping to feed the hungry. Oiler is a supporter of Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, a collective of meat suppliers who provide some of their bounty to food banks, ministries and charities. Metro Parks, a longtime partner, last year donated 280 deer culled in its parks for Oiler to process...

81-year-old matriarch of Utica meat-processing business leaving after 47 years Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch © Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch Linda Oiler pulls a package of brats from a walk-in freezer. UTICA — For almost a half-century, Linda Oiler has watched hunters, wildlife officers and friends come into the little butcher shop in northern Licking County, each expecting to convert their harvest into future meals. Over her 47 years there, she has overseen the processing of countless deer, hogs, cattle and even an elk or two at Oiler Meat Processing. But at ag...