Scott, I freeze my ground in 5 lb blocks to make my jerky recipe consistent. it's really all I do with the jerky nowadays, as the wife is less than willing to dine on anything else venison. Case in point...i rocked out 2 lbs of "fajita" meat made from steaks and strap chops on saturday. The boys and I will be eating this batch for the rest of this week cus she won't touch it. I had to cook her up some chicken so she could have taco's with us
The point to this? my jerky disappears FAST, and with that being the majority of my meat usage, the 5 lb blocks go quickly. I think this year i'm gonna commit at least one whole doe to the grind pile. we LOVE jerky and it works well with my gastric bypass.