Deer sausage

[BAM1]

When my wife's boos had his deer processed the locker accidentally made him some fresh ground sausage and he wants to know if I can case it and smoke it.  Maybe add some cheese.  Can't I just add what ever amount of cure I need by weight and stuff and smoke.

[SmokinSignals]

I took some elk burger and turned it into elk patty sausage before.  I would not be hesitant to turn it into link sausage.  The trick will be keeping the meat cool the entire time until the sausage is cured.  Defrost the sausage in the fridge, add the correct amount of cure to the meat, then I would regrind the sausage while adding ice to the mixture to keep cool, then back to the fridge to cure.  Then stuff it!  Make sure that the meat has not been cured already.  I don`t know what type of sausage you have, but they may have smoked it and already added cure. I would check with them.