Hunters Feeding Michigan: More than 700 deer taken so far in ’26

In summer 2023, a farmer harvested about 30 deer and stored them in the rented reefer trailer – but then he yelled at Tom Weston.
“Yeah, I appreciate the refrigerated trailer, but give me the trailer here in May when they’re doing the most damage to my crops – not in August,” he told Weston, chief technology officer for the Michigan DNR. A year later, DNR rented three reefer trailers and added participating processors.

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