Every year I am issued 5 carcass tags by the New York State Department of Ecological Conservation (The NYSDEC), 2 of which are Doe tags, one a bow tag, one a gun tag, and a bear tag. I have often had dreams of filling the five, but the odds of that happening are really quite small. But if it were to happen, that's a lot of meat. The deer alone would probably come in around 200lbs of venison.

Not to mention, I don't ever carry the most amount of permits available to a individual. You can have a few doe tags signed over to you, if you have a land management permit, that will give you a few more. I grew up with a few people who ate mostly venison. Even then they had a hard time getting rid of it.

Then, about two years ago, I came across the venison donation program run by Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry. It's a great program. It's always sad to see a good portion of meat go to waist because somebody took to much, especially when there are those in the community who are going hungry.