While several factors can affect freezer life, the absolute most important is how the product is wrapped. We double wrap all the venison we process, either in a vacuum bag and waxed freezer paper, or in meat stretch wrap and waxed freezer paper.
You could also use freezer bags, but be sure to overwrap with waxed freezer paper. As you can tell we have a strong belief in freezer paper over what ever your intial wrap is.
If the product is made from quality meat that has not been allowed to hang too long or get too warm prior to processing you can keep it wrapped this way for a year with no problem. (We've eaten our own marinated venison that was almost three years old and had no problems, because of the way we wrap. Note: We don't recommend holding it that long on purpose.)
If it is only single wrapped you may be lucky to get 6 months.
Dave & Ruth
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