I looked thru the recipe section but did not find anything, does anyone have good recipes for deer sticks or sausage? I usually do a 5lb batch, 3lbs deer to 2lbs of wild hog. I usually use the LEM brand from academy, have tried the cabelas as well, just not the most flavor and normally have to double the recommended seasoning. I do like spicy as well. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

50 lb meat 1/2 venison 1/2 pork

1-lb salt (of which 1.5 tablespoons is salt peter)
1/2 cup black pepper
4 tablespoon chili powder
4 tablespoon garlic powder
2 tablespoon red pepper

Makes good dry sausage/snack sticks etc. Its ok as fresh/boild/bbq sausage but not my favorite for that.

Pardon my ignorance, what do you do after this???

I would assume at that point you do your stuffing like normal, i use the 19mm casings for the sticks and the 12inch casings for sausage, i do mine in the oven at 200 but most people smoke them.

Stuff it in casings cold smoke it and dry it.

We have always cold smoked our dry sausage, no actual heat is applied to it, just the smoke flavor. Smoke ours in a 10x16 tool shed/portable building we have made into a smoke house. For smoking we put about a gallon or two of mesquite chips in a metal pan get them burning cover it to kill the flames and partially uncover to let it smolder/smoke then close door and leave it.