Well I’m sure the number of tags and opportunities (seasons and length) has made some more honest than they would be if was the way it was 20-40 plus years ago.
When it was one deer and done….you had a family of 5-7 to feed one deer didn’t last to long.
The community that I grew up in there were guys that provided deer meat for people.
I remember being at someone’s house as a kid and someone dropping a big tin can filled with deer meat off. I don’t know the particulars on if it was tagged or not or even remember if it was deer season. The family that received it was very happy about it.