How do you package your ven for the freezer?

I have a food saver, but have also used ziplocs and freezer paper. What way works the best for you? And how do you do it? Not sure which way I want to do it....

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I used ziplock with the last one I butchered 2 years ago but if you have a Foodsaver why would you consider anything else?

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Cost / deer is much less.

 

I use Saran wrap - wrap a couple layers as tight as I can get it around my roasts and large cuts - to keep it air tight, and squeeze as much existing air out as possible. Then I wrap in either parchment paper or butcher paper, whichever I have on hand, and tape to close. For ground, I have a whole bunch of those Ziploc or other brand plastic containers that lunch meat comes in, from preparing 4 kids lunches every day. One of those, filled to the very top so there is no air space, holds about 1.75 lbs of ground venison - I do that to limit freezer burn. If you wanted to put less in each tub, you could just put a layer of Saran pushed down on top of the ground venison, and then seal with the lid.

Since I have the plastic containers already, I think the plastic wrap and paper runs me about $5 total per year, and I do more than 1 deer with it and have some left for other uses after hunting season.

 

I use Reynolds Frezzer Paper and have never lost a single piece of meat to freezer burn. I still have a few 2010 roasts left... they are fine. I do prewrap large roasts such as whole hindquarters with Saran to eliminate air space.

 

I use a vacuum packager, if I already had one I wouldn't use anything else. Easier, better seal, less hassle