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...
Extra Does. Local Impact. MSAH on Mike Avery A simple question from a Michigan hunter brought Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger back to Mike Avery’s Outdoor Magazine for the October 3 show: “I hope to have some extra does this year that I would like to donate. What...
Action Alert: Support More Venison Donation Funding — With Transparency and Fair Access Michigan has an opportunity to significantly expand the amount of donated venison reaching families in need. Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger strongly supports that goal. But as...
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...
Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger Talks Deer Donation on Mike Avery’s Outdoor Magazine Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger recently joined Mike Avery on Outdoor Magazine to talk about a simple way Michigan hunters can make a big difference this deer season: donate a...
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...
You Don’t Have to Hunt to Help Feed Michigan Families When people hear Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger, it is natural to think first about hunters. Every fall, Michigan hunters donate legally harvested deer through our network of participating processors. That...
Can you keep the antlers, donate a buck or get a shoulder mount? Find answers to 10 common questions about donating a deer in Michigan.
How to Plan a Community Doe Pole That Gives Back Could your community turn a traditional buck pole into an event that provides venison to local families? That is the idea behind a community doe pole: hunters gather, share their harvests, compete for prizes, and donate...