While many are hunting for online deals this "Cyber Monday, "nearly 750,000 hunters are taking to Pennsylvania's woods.
Monday is the start of the state's two week rifle season.
Dan Hartzell and son Jamie are two of nearly a million hunters taking to Pennsylvania fields and forests in the first day of rifle season.
"It's a nice opportunity to be out with my father to be out hunting and hopefully we get a kill," Jamie said.
However, hunters 69 News spoke with say that's not as easy as it used to be.
I came out early around 4:30 and sat and waited. I didn't see anything heard a couple of bangs but that's about it," hunter Devon Malarchik said.
"Not as many deer around anymore. Main reason is too many doe tags, way to many," Hartzell said.
The PA Game Commission sells around 800,000 doe licenses per year, and says the deer population has remained steady.
However, butcher Les Lazarus says the number of carcasses he cuts compared to 10 years ago has dropped considerably.
"When they came up with the bonus tags and shot a lot of females off it really cut the herds down," Lazarus said.
Christmas trees may decorate the outside of Lazarus Farm Market here in Whitehall Township. But the inside is all about the deer. For those who don't want to keep their deer meat you can donate it to those in need. Lazarus is part of the state's Harvest Deer Donation Program to feed the hungry.
The program donates unwanted deer meat to food banks.
"We process it and it's all made here, hamburger, they provide the 2 pound bag, people get two pound bags," Ilene Lazarus said.
About 100,000 pounds of venison is expected to be donated. The typical $15 deer donation fee has been waived...that is if you can find one.
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