I was planning to can some for the first time this year. Unfortunately I didn't get to hunt as much as normal and didnt kill a dear this year. A friend of mine gave me a jar he had canned and it was awesome. I ate some right out of the jar and the rest went into a large pot of noodles. As we speak I have been shopping around for a used presure cooker. I plan on killing an extra doe this year, keeping the loins and backstraps and then canning the rest.