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Memorial Day Deerburgers

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Memorial Day Deerburgers

Mrs Bear & I had our Memorial Day all to ourselves this year, so we decided to have some Burgers on the Grill.

Mrs Bear was also touched by Vietnam, as many of her class of ’65 went to Vietnam & some didn’t come back. One of them “Gary Holland” had been living with his Grandfather, but then actually moved in at Mrs Bear’s parents house, while he was in High School, as he was a good friend of her older Brother.
Gary went to Vietnam & wasn’t there very long when they got the notice that Gary had been Killed in Action.

Then actually, I had met Mrs Bear in October, 1968, and we were going to wait awhile to get married, but then my AIT class got the “Alerts”.
Alerts are predictions made by the Army, as to where your class was going after graduation. The alerts said that 80% of my class was going to Germany. Yeah!!! Yahoo!!!
So we moved our wedding up to December 27, 1968. That way when I get shipped to Germany, the Army would pay to fly My Wife “Mrs Bear” to Germany.
That was a Great plan, except the “Alerts” were a little wrong. 90% of my class went directly to Vietnam. We did not pass go, we did not collect $200.
So much for a Honeymoon in Germany!! Landed in Vietnam in early February 1968.

Anyway Mrs Bear got the Deerburger Patties ready & I threw them on the Grill, and topped 3 of them with some American Cheese, for tonight's Supper.
I had some Shrimp with mine & pickle chips on the side.
We had some Vanilla Pudding for dessert, but the Picture came out blurry, and I didn’t want anybody to think the Pudding was actually blurry in real life, instead of just in the picture, so I’ll not post that picture.

BTW: My Deerbugrs are always 50% Venison, 25% Beef (80-20), and 25% Pork (Butt).

Then the second night for a change of pace, I used some Miracle Whip on my Burgers & some Winter Tomatoes on the side.
I can’t wait until Fresh Tomato season gets here!!!

Enjoy the Pics,

Bear


One Flat Pack of Deerburger:
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Six Patties on the Weber "Q":
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Getting Nice & Warm:
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While waiting I shot a couple Pics of my front yard. This one looking toward the entrance.
The Driveway going to the left goes to Bear Jr's Shop & House:
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Across the yard is our Pet Cemetery. Annuals just starting to grow again:
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Time to remove & bring in:
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One plate of Deerburgers. Three with cheese are for tonight:
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My first two with Ketchup & Mustard:
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With some Shrimp & Pickle Chips on the side:
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Next Night's Supper

Miracle Whip on these two:
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Topped with Melted Cheese:
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And some Cut-up Winter Tomatoes along side:
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FINI
 
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Yum! As an avid deer hunter, I’ve come to not only appreciate a good deer burger but I actually prefer them to beef. Don’t get me wrong, I crave the occasional 80/20, but a good lean deer burger w SPG and some coal makes for some good eats!

Lately, I’ve been taking 2 links from a pack of venison hot sausage, out of the casings, and adding that to my meat as well. Talk about good!
 
John that has to be the best venison burger I have ever saw . Cooked and the raw mix . You must have the mix and the ratio right .
 
Those deer burgers look mighty fine Bear. No more hunters left on my wife's side of the family unfortunately. So I'll have to wait until I hit another one with the truck to get any venison.

Point for sure.

Chris
 
Nice looking deer burgers as always! My wife and I had burgers this weekend too. Did them on cast iron on the grill...but they weren’t venison :(
 
Bear, job well done and definitely thanks for your service! Vietnam was a real eye-opener to this guy. I would have been 13 when you hit the ground there, but I do remember losing several young men from our small country community.

I have several pounds of deer burger in the freezer. Just need to thaw it and sneak it past my dear wife. She is not a fan of venison, but loves elk. So maybe I need to thaw some "elk" burger.
 
Great looking burgers! Points for sure!

Thank You Vol Fan!!
And for the Like.

Bear


Yum! As an avid deer hunter, I’ve come to not only appreciate a good deer burger but I actually prefer them to beef. Don’t get me wrong, I crave the occasional 80/20, but a good lean deer burger w SPG and some coal makes for some good eats!

Lately, I’ve been taking 2 links from a pack of venison hot sausage, out of the casings, and adding that to my meat as well. Talk about good!

We don't like straight Ground Venison, but the mix we use, we actually prefer over straight 80/20 Beef.
Your adding hot sausage has to be Awesome!!
And Thanks for the Like.

Bear
 
Thank you for your service bear!

Looks like a few great meals! Love venison burgers!

Scott
 
Brother John that looks like it could go well with a frosty Likes
Richie
 
John that has to be the best venison burger I have ever saw . Cooked and the raw mix . You must have the mix and the ratio right .

Thank You Chopsaw!!
We tried all kinds of mixes over 50 years, and they were all good, but this mix is better than all the rest. We've been using this mix for at least 8 years.
One thing I always forget to mention, is that Mrs Bear also adds a little bit of Worcestershire to the mix too, as she always did to straight Ground Beef.

Bear
 
Give it a try some time! I hated venison burgers cut with beef because on a little webber where it's pretty much 'really hot' or 'nothing is happening' they'd still dry out. So 50/50 bacon meant you could throw it on the most unforgiving lil grill and still have good burgers and hey, bacon on a burger is always right! ;)
 
Iam out of venison. Wish I had some right now. My son that's 9 right now wants to go hunting this year . Maybe it will be our year to get a bunch.
 
Those deer burgers look mighty fine Bear. No more hunters left on my wife's side of the family unfortunately. So I'll have to wait until I hit another one with the truck to get any venison.

Point for sure.

Chris

Thank You Chris!!
That kind (Roadkills) are much too expensive.
We like to only damage about 180 grains.
And Thanks for the Like.

Bear


Nice looking deer burgers as always! My wife and I had burgers this weekend too. Did them on cast iron on the grill...but they weren’t venison :(

Thank You Xray!!
And for the Like.

Bear
 
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