a few questions on proccessing.

How much ground venison do you ususly get from a deer. I know weight of the deer plays into this so if you want gi ve dress weight as well.
Also what do you do with your ground venison. I do not care for deer burgers. Do not get me wrong there good just i would rather have a good steak. I normaly use the burger for meatloaf or sloppy joes.

i was thinking about makeing some summer sausage and maybe some brats. What seasoning brand do you use.

I thinkhave heard 30% of field dressed, which I have found to befairly accurate but after cleaning it up after defrosting and little here and there before grinding (I am picky about what goes in the jerky and sausage) I would say between 25% and 30% of FD.

was thinking about makeing some summer sausage and maybe some brats. What seasoning brand do you use.

The last time I made brats and salami. I bought kits at Gander Mountain. The kits had everything in them to make 30 lbs salami and 25 lbs brats. the kits were $15.00 each. Gander Mopuntain has alot of different kits to make just about anything you want. I made mine about a month ago.

Also what do you do with your ground venison. I do not care for deer burgers.


I like to make jerky with it. Buy a jerky shooter and shoot seasoned ground venison through it onto a dehydrater. Good eatin.

have both bought them a few years ago. matter of fact the dehydrater is brand new. I bought it at bass pro did some beed jerky on it then some beans to safe for next years garden. when the beans got done the crates all cracked out for some reason took it bake exchanded it and the new one has never been used since. Plus i bought a jerky gun when i bought the dehydrater