DOOR COUNTY (NBC 26) — A new idea in Door County aims to help local food distribution centers receive more venison by creating incentives for hunters to donate.

A local hunter who has been donating since 2000 came up with the plan to increase contributions and support families in need.

According to the DNR, only 51 deer were donated to Door County food pantries last year and in 2023, a steep drop from nearly 280 in 2004.

Local hunter Richard Baudhuin hopes to reverse that trend while also helping control the deer population.

"The need is there, and of course, I think people are getting more aware of the fact that we've got too many deer on the landscape," Richard Baudhuin said.

Watch below as we spoke with the hunter who came up with the idea and a local food pantry that receives veni

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