venison

[sausagedevil]

Question for you pro's maybe halal types. If i get venison from a hunter or from road kill or from my uncle who recently discovered a large stag strangled by his garden swing then it will not have been bled and so I would imagine the meat would be filled with congealed blood. How will this effect the quality of my fermented sausages( not really interested in fresh).
When I have slaughtered other animals I have bled immediately but this wouldn't usually apply to game I would suppose as hunters want to hunt and not butcher.
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
Pabs.

[Big Guy]

usually with a road kill they bleed internally, the chest cavity will be full of blood, not sure about a strangled animal the meat would still have blood in it. I would butcher as normal, but before using the meat I would give it an overnight soak in salted water to try and draw out the blood, keep it refrigerated while soaking.