Free venison for Granite Shoals residents
Wild deer in Granite Shoals. Staff photo by Dakota Morrissiey
Granite Shoals will distribute venison to residents 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, at City Hall, 2221 N. Phillips Ranch Road.
Residents may receive up to 10 pounds of venison per household, but must provide proof of residency to be eligible.
The meat was obtained through the city’s deer management program, which yielded roughly 3,500 pounds of venison for community distribution while helping reduce deer overpopulation.
The program is overseen by the Granite Shoals Wildlife Advisory Committee, a group of residents tasked with advising the city on how to handle wildlife matters. Dozens of deer were harvested by crossbow within city limits throughout the 2025-26 hunting season by volunteer hunters after years of population counts carried out by members of the committee in conjunction with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.