Well its nearly Christmas, so I am making some of my homemades Venison Summer Sausage to give to my local buddies, been a tradition for several years now. Man the whole house smells good. Just mix the seasoning and curing agent, roll into logs and bake for an hour and a half at 3oo degrees. Some cheese, cracked wheat crackers and a glass of wine, hard to beat on a cold winter night. Had elk burgers for supper, from the 4x4 wife got this fall along with some Roma green beans and poatatoes from our garden. Going into winter with about#250 of elk meat and #175 of venison ground up, steaks and roasts, along with assorted peppers, and other goodies from our garden and orchard, and canned one deer.Besides the elk we ended up with 6 deer and 4 turkeys this fall, not too shabby fer 2 old farts knocking on 50,both with bad backs, arthritis and other ailments. We enjoy the fruits of our hunts, sharing it with others, and our time together afield. I bet Glenn Hickey and Diamond Al can smell the summer sausage now, they are usually on the top of the list to get some. I gave Big JIm a roll down at Twin Oaks this spring, he seemed to like it pretty good too, wanted to know how many rolls I would make himf for a bow, now there is a man who has his priorities right. LOL,just thought I would share, wish you all were here to get some.