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Specialty-meat preparation appliances, such as a grinder and a jerky gun, can let your family answer its own “dilemma” of a banner hunting year. Add casing stuffer attachments to the grinder and you can explore the world of making your own bologna, snack sticks, kielbasa, sausage and pepperoni. Looking at one of the major outdoor retailers’ catalogs, I see they sell a variety of home sausage-making kits, including German, Polish, bratwurst and several flavors of summer sausage. What you can make is limited only by how much of your venison you want to dedicate to each type. Some years ago I acquired a three-rack home smoker. I started with fish, especially stocked trout, and then tried deer meat. I used recipes in the Game Commission wild game cookbook, tweaking them to taste, to make my own jerky. Later I tried slicing, marinating and smoking other venison pieces that I had too much of, especially hearts and livers. I concocted my own marinades, some with Worcestershire or other steak sauces, teriyaki-flavored or sweet-and-sour dips and various barbecue sauces. I refrigerate the deer meat and sauce mix in a glass bowl (not metal) overnight, drain the strips and pat them dry. Then I smoke them to desired dryness and smokiness. I like smoking with apple wood chips best, but your taste may be more toward hickory or mesquite. I keep the finished homemade smoked jerky in the refrigerator or freeze a portion for later use. I take some to our indoor archery shoots all winter as snacks and never have to take any partly eaten bags back home. Last year I made goose and turkey jerky the same way, but I heat the meat in the oven to above 200-degrees before finishing it in the smoker. Although my household

is not usually a goose-hunting one, we do hunt turkeys avidly both spring and fall. Spring means gobblers and fall may, too, so that means good-sized birds I must do something culinary with. I realized early this past spring that I hadn’t used last year’s turkeys yet. Although they were well-wrapped in the freezer, I wanted to make room before the May gobbler season. So I thawed out the birds, deboned the meat and got out the grinder. Wild turkey meat is extremely lean, so should be mixed with fattier meats to cook well. I combined the ground turkey with fresh ground pork, about 2:1. For sausage seasoning, I added my own madeup recipe of salt and coarse black pepper, fennel seed, minced garlic, a pinch of sugar and allspice. Because I also had venison chopped meat, I mixed up turkey-deer meatballs. I fried the sausage and meatballs until done and refroze them for later use. I don’t thaw and refreeze raw meat, especially ground turkey or other game birds. Like many of you, when my hunting harvest is plentiful, I share it. Relatives and friends, especially those who are on small, fixed incomes or in distressed job circumstances, get some of my venison whether I’ve had a banner year or not. Teenagers are always growing and always hungry, and when I have too much deer meat, their parents share in my good fortune. Venison can also be donated to organized groups, such as Hunters Sharing the Harvest. Some butcher shops keep a list of families who will pay for the processing and accept your deer meat, and churches may know who in the community could use help in stretching their grocery budget. It can’t hurt to be prepared with ideas of where to donate or who to give extra game meat. Who knows? This may be your banner year. 

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011

Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011
History of the Whitetail
Contents
Beagles, Brushpiles and Growing Up
Public Input and Deer Management
Doodles Along the Delaware
Driving
Room 204
2010-11 Small Game/Furbearer Harvests
Need a Life Jacket?
The Legacy From A to Z
Hunter Access Liability Protection
Thanksgiving Bear
Field Notes
Conservation News
Off the Wire
Another View
The Naturalist’s Eye
Fun Game
Straight from the Bowstring
Lock, Stock & Barrel
Crossings
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - History of the Whitetail
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Contents
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Beagles, Brushpiles and Growing Up
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 4
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 5
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 6
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Public Input and Deer Management
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 8
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Doodles Along the Delaware
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 11
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Driving
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Room 204
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 21
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 2010-11 Small Game/Furbearer Harvests
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 23
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Need a Life Jacket?
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 25
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - The Legacy From A to Z
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 27
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 28
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 29
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Hunter Access Liability Protection
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 31
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Thanksgiving Bear
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 34
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Field Notes
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 38
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 39
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Conservation News
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Off the Wire
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Another View
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 51
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - The Naturalist’s Eye
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Fun Game
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Straight from the Bowstring
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Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 59
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 60
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Lock, Stock & Barrel
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 62
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - 63
Pennsylvania Game News - November 2011 - Crossings
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