Take a Doe. Feed Your Neighbors. For a lot of Michigan deer hunters, the season starts with a buck in mind. We study trail-camera pictures. We watch scrapes. We wait on the right wind. We spend hours in the stand hoping that buck we’ve been watching finally makes a...
2026 Archery Season Is Here — Make This Deer Season Count The bows are tuned. Broadheads are sharp. Stands have been checked, shooting lanes trimmed, trail cameras watched a few too many times, and hunters across Michigan are counting down the final days until archery...
DeerDash Processing Joins Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger in Ottawa County Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger is excited to welcome DeerDash Processing of Holland to our growing network of participating wild game processors. Located at 7680 112th Ave. in Holland,...
Why Protein Matters: How Donated Venison Helps Michigan Food Pantries When people think about donating food to help families in need, they often picture canned vegetables, boxes of pasta, cereal, or other shelf-stable foods. Those donations matter. But there is...
One Deer. One Community. More Than 140 Meals. A single deer may not seem like much when you look at the scale of hunger across Michigan. But follow that deer from the field to a local food pantry, and its impact becomes much easier to see. Through Michigan Sportsmen...
A Donated Deer Isn’t Free: What It Takes to Turn a Harvest Into Meals When a Michigan hunter donates a whole deer through Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger, there is no processing cost to the hunter. That is an important part of our program. We want hunters who have...
Already Have Enough Venison? Your Next Doe Can Still Make a Difference For many deer hunters, filling the freezer is one of the biggest rewards of a successful season. But what happens when your freezer is already full? You don't necessarily have to stop hunting. Your...
Hunting Michigan’s Early Antlerless Firearm Season September 12–13, 2026? Find a participating deer processor and consider donating your doe.