Dokken: Hides for Habitat program surpasses 2019 despite the pandemic
watch live As of Friday, Feb. 12, chapters had collected 28,025 hides and raised $106,499, according to Kim Washburn, grants coordinator for MDHA. By comparison, the Hides for Habitat campaign in 2019 collected 23,972 hides and raised $93,701, based on MDHA figures. Since 1985, the Hides for Habitat program has collected more than 900,000 donated deer hides and raised some $5.5 million, according to MDHA. While hunters in Minnesota shot more deer last fall – about 195,000, compared with 183,600 in 2019 – between the various seasons, the 6% increase in harvest doesn’t correlate with the ...