To donate venison, visit a participating processor. Below is a list of participating processors. Please call the processor prior to drop-off to ensure they will accept your donation. All deer must be legally harvested, harvest-reported and whole to be accepted for donation.

IMPORTANT: ALL DEER HARVESTED IN AREAS OF KNOWN CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD) OR BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (TB) OCCURRENCE WILL BE TESTED PRIOR TO DONATION. IF YOU ARE DONATING A DEER FROM A KNOWN CWD OR TB COUNTY, PLEASE CONTACT THE PROCESSOR TO ENSURE THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE DEER.

Deer from the following counties must be tested for CWD prior to donation: Clinton, Dickinson, Eaton, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Jackson, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Midland, Ogemaw and Washtenaw.

Deer from the following counties must be tested for TB prior to donation: Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Iosco, Mecosta, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon and Shiawassee.

Deer harvested within 3 miles of Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda Township in Iosco County will not be accepted as donations due to the "Do Not Eat" deer advisory still in effect because of evidence that deer in this area were more likely to have various per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) in their livers and muscle tissue. See more information about PFAS in deer.