# Hunting For Food In The US During WWII

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunting-for-food-in-the-us-during-wwii/841148>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 2, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunting-for-food-in-the-us-during-wwii/841148 "2019-10-02T14:13:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunting-for-food-in-the-us-during-wwii/841148/1 "2019-10-02T14:13:26Z")

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Saw a video yesterday that obliquely referenced meat shortages during World War II.

How did that shake out as far as hunting? Were hunters expected/required to give some of their meat to the war effort?

Also, did more people take up hunting during the war to supplement their rather limited food supplies?

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunting-for-food-in-the-us-during-wwii/841148/2 "2019-10-02T14:28:17Z")

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You asked about this subject before:

[How Did WWII Meat Rationing Affect Hunting And Game Meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836793&highlight=hunting+shortage)

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunting-for-food-in-the-us-during-wwii/841148/3 "2019-10-02T15:23:04Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> You asked about this subject before:
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> [How Did WWII Meat Rationing Affect Hunting And Game Meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836793&highlight=hunting+shortage)

How time flies. Oops.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunting-for-food-in-the-us-during-wwii/841148/4 "2019-10-02T16:12:43Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Since the OP asked the same question previously, I will go ahead and close this. Any comments on the topic should be posted in the thread linked to by **TriPolar**.