In uncertain economic times, Pennsylvania’s hunters, including those in Butler County, stepped up for thousands of families during the 2024-25 hunting season.

Hunters Sharing the Harvest, a program which distributes donated venison to food-insecure families throughout Pennsylvania, reported a record-high number of donations. In total, Hunters Sharing the Harvest reports that it received 283,789 pounds of venison from 7,855 deer harvested statewide, equaling out to an estimated 1.1 million servings of deer meat.

Tom Rossman, Butler County’s area coordinator, does not have exact figures for how many deer were processed in the county or how much venison was donated, as each deer processor counts differently. However, Rossman says he did notice an increase this season.

“Throughout the count

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