Deer processing
 

Rob always brings down some venison bologna he has his deer made into.....which is wonderful. I'm not sure if I can have that done, here, but I'm going to try.

I had a doe, last year, made into the best spicy sausage I've ever tasted. Hopefully....I'm going to have several does to process.....and I was wanting to "mix it up" a little (in reference to processing).

Suggestions?

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Bacon is pretty good if you cook it right. I always get as much garlic sausage and cheese brats as I can:D

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Since I do my own butchering, at least most the time, I just take some burger to a local processor and he makes these great Cajun brats. They also make these Slim Jim like things called "Hunter's Sticks" that are awesome. Those are my favorites.

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I've never heard of having bologna made from deer. That sounds really good. I'll have to check with my friend who owns a processing plant and see if he can do that. I'm lucky. He gave me a key to his plant and I can go in and hang my deer in the cold storage room if he's not there and just leave him a note. I don't really have any suggestions since I always keep it simple and get as many steaks as I can and have what's left ground. My wife and I figured out how to marinade and grill deer steaks and they turn out better than beef. Deer summer sausage is really great, though.

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The butcher I use in PA does a lot of great stuff for us. Breakfast sausage, jerky, and hot dogs are my favorites. The hotdogs are the best though, I eat these 1-2 times a week.

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MMM My local guy does them with a little "hot kick" they call'em Hot sticks but they are they best. Little pricey at 5$ a pound but 5 lbs goes a long way and they freeze very well.

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Jeff,

If you are interested, I have a jerky recipe that I created that most have told me is the best they have ever had ......

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I do my own processing as well and buy kits from LEM products or other places for Summer Suasage, Pepper sticks, Peperoni Sticks, Cajon sausage, and others. I just made 15 pounds of the cajon sausage on Saturday with the rest of the deer from this year. I use it for biscuits and gravy, breakfast burritos or just fry it up for breakfast. It is very easy to make your own. I have a slicer, hand and electric grinder, smoker, and a vacuum sealer. It takes some time but the results are excellent.

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LOL! Good thing I hunt so I don't have to buy meat:)I think that is what I pay also.

I bet those would be great with some hot spice in them. I'm going to have to see if I can have that done too.

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PT,
I don't know if Jeff is interested, but I am if you're willing to share!

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BRATS ARE AWSOME

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I haven't found anywhere in Nc that will turn venison into bologna but Jeff is right had some that was brought to me from WV and it was very good

If you find someone Jeff let me know

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I wish I had the time to process my own deer , but I don't.

The processor I take my deer tois also a a butcher shop. He is very ingenious in what he can do.

Garlic bologna, about 10 different flavors of hot sticks and he'll even spice up your loins for you. It get a little pricey, but well worth the $.

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Chief, I will send you and Jeff a PM with recipe ASAP!

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Listen guys .... I don't know how many of you grind the leg meat, but if you steak them out ..... pound them thin... they will make some of the tastiest, most tender steak sammys you have ever had! .... Man, I'm gettin' HUNGRY![8D]

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ive had alot of different stuff from venison kilbasa, sweet sausage, hot sausage, summer sausage, bologna, party sticks, hot sticks, cheese sticks, jerky....my favorites always kilbasa, summer sausage, and bologna..i dont even cook it most of the time...i will take that over sticks or jerky any day.

we been marinading alot of our chops and steaks lately...marinaded in Jack Daniels BBQ sauce for a while(over night) is always the best..but i like BBQ sauce. and we get our steaks cut really thin. we found that with older deer it aint like chewin boot leather...and takes marinade REALLY well. mmmm im gettin hungy!!

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You have never had mine ;)

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I'd sure be interested too if your willing to share, I also like garlic salami & hot sticks that a local guy makes.

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:D:D:D:D:D
I'm sorry. That just struck me as funny.

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Have family member who is a butcher. He makes dogs, brats, steaks, jerky the norm but also makes a breakfast sauage for making breakfast tacos great for those good mornings heading to woods, and also a great meatloaf mixture.

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I process my own and take the trim to my local butcher to have the goodies made. I get a little bit of everything that everyone has mentioned. The only thing I havent' seen yet is kielbasa. The slim jims (hunter sticks) are the best IMO. I could eat a couple hundred of them [8D]. He also makes this summer sausage thats mixed with jaelepeno and cheese. Good stuff too.

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Out of all thedeer processing businesses here (and there are a LOT, during deer season it seems there is a sign every half mile)I choose one the Menonites run. Excellant! Italian sausage, breakfast sausage and a summer sausage that once you cut a slice you can't stop. I'm going to have to ask if they can do a bologna, that sounds awfully good.

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I do all my own. I make some italian sausage, breakfast sausage, jerky, hamburger. I don't do a ton of sausage because I prefer to grill mine, or do like stroganoff type stuff instead. After eating these IL deer last year though, I really need to harvest more deer! I knew the U.P. deer were a little gamey, but I had no idea that venison could be so delicious!

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Ed, got ya on the list ;)

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I always get mine processed into all hamburger (with pork fat added) - which I immediately give away - I keep the loins and sweetmeat. My guy does summer sausage, too, which is really good. I always get a couple sticks of that too.

I used to go through a specialty butcher who made some awesome kielbasa, bologna, salami, hot sausage, hot sticks and jerky. It just got too expensive, and I liked the hamburger the most anyway. I think I lived on deerburger through college. LOL

Now, I'm so sick of deer steaks/burger that I can barely look at it. The only way I can deal with deerburger now is if I mask it by adding taco powder, spaghetti sauce, sloppy-jo, etc...

Back on topic - I'd reccommend deer kielbasa (if you can find a place that makes it). The stuff I used to get was fantastic.