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We have the program here, but do not get a free tag outta it. You donate the deer and the state pays for the processing. Unfortunately most deer donated are the ones shot to heck or so small that the hunter cannot justify the $100 cost for processing. Plus, there is a limit to how many each processor can take. Good intentions, but mostly used by those that like to hunt but don't like to eat what they shoot. Much of the reason they don't like the taste of venison is because they never learned or never cared about proper care after the shot. Hopefully those that benefit from the program are happy to get what they do. When CWD was first discovered here, the processors were overwhelmed with donated deer. Folks still wanted to shoot a deer but were afraid to eat it themselves. The intentions there were to get rid of a potentially dangerous carcass, not to help the needy.
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