cure for venison sausage

[Habanero Smoker]

I am going to make the venison onion and garlic brats from the Cabela's kit again. I also have purchased some cure#1. This time  I am going to smoke them and then bloom them. I plan on freezing them in vacuum bags. How long will they keep and will the cure lose it's effectiveness over  time?

Once the sausage is cured and smoked, it really should be stored like regular fresh cooked sausage. The shelf life (in the refrigerator/freezer) will be a little longer. The exceptions are sausages that have been dried, or semi-dry. These sausages are protected from harmful bacteria because they don't have the available water the bacteria needs to grow.