ND pantries to accept only archery-killed deer

November 4, 2008 By JAMES MacPHERSON , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A North Dakota program that distributes venison to the needy will accept only deer killed with arrows, fearing that firearm-shot meat may contain lead fragments.

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