I personally prefer venison over beef or any other meat, the meat from a 150 lbs deer usually lasts me about 2 to 3 months. I usually dont shoot more then 3 a year but all the meat is used up by usually about 1 to 2 months before the next season. I have to disagree with you , you cannot generalize on this subject like that and accuse everyone that kills 4 or 5 deer a year of being wasteful. last deer season in missouri you could buy an unlimited number of antlerless tags, a friend of mine and his 3 boys killed 18 deer and not one steak was wasted between what he kept, gave to his friends and family all that meat was used up by june of this year. So you cant come out say what you said because in most cases you are wrong.