While many people are getting ready to cook their Thanksgiving turkey , the Department of Natural Resources has some tips for serving up that deer you just brought home.
Wildlife specialist John Motoviloff says you should take it easy on how you cook your venison. ...
"You only need to kill it once. You keep it moist by marinating it and grilling it quickly to medium or medium rare, or the other way to do it is a low and slow type procedure..."
Motoviloff says if you're planning to grind up your venison into sausage, consider using something with more fat to help it along...
"The ratio I use is one part fairly fatty ground pork or ground beef to venison, and that helps out. And it also helps hamburger, it keeps it a lot more moist on the grill.."
Motoviloff wouldn't give away his personal recipe for spicing up his venison kielbasa, but said he likes to use caraway seeds, some garlic and some good smoked paprika. You can a number of tasty ways to cook up your venison and other wild game by searching for pages on the UW-Extension website.
