The DNR said one deer can provide 200 meals for Hoosier families.
The center said hunting of any kind is illegal on its property and its surrounding woods.
The program works to fight hunger by "facilitating the processing, packaging and delivery of healthful ground venison meat" for those in need.
The 2024-25 license year starts March 1 and continues through Feb. 28, 2025.
The 2015-2016 season harvest of 155,734 remains the highest on record.
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said the modern gun deer season is timed to start with the peak of breeding activity.
Webb's Butcher Shops expects to process more than 2,000 deer in the next few weeks.
The 2019 hunts killed only 775 deer, the fewest since the first hunt in 1993.
According to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, modern gun hunting season usually produces 60-70% of the state's total deer harvest each year.