River Bend Wild Game & Sausage Co.

River Bend Wild Game & Sausage Co. is a family-owned and operated deer processor located in St Joseph, IL. They specialize in hunter-harvested venison and offer a wide range of fresh, smoked, and specialty sausage products.

Deer are processed in a clean, state-of-the-art facility to deliver high-quality, vacuum-packaged and frozen cuts tailored to customer specifications.

Deposits are required at drop-off.

Basic deer processing includes cutting, vacuum packaging, and freezing, but does not include grinding trimmings for burger or sausage. Deer that are fully or partially skinned are not accepted.

Optional services and product options include:

• Caping

Fully cooked sausage options:

• Snack sticks

• Snack sticks with cheese

• Hot snack sticks

• Jalapeño snack sticks

• Jalapeño & cheese snack sticks

• Honey BBQ snack sticks

• Cranberry & cheese snack sticks

• Summer sausage

• Summer sausage with cheese

• Jalapeño & cheese summer sausage

• Sweet & smoky summer sausage

• German-style bologna

• German-style bologna with cheese

• German-style jalapeño & cheese bologna

• Smoked sausage

• Cheddarwurst

• Cheddarpeño sausage

• Andouille

• Deli-style venison wieners

Specialty products:

• Venison BBQ

• Venison jerky

• Venison ham

• Venison pastrami

• Venison bacon

Fresh sausage options:

• Bratwurst

• Sweet Italian sausage

• Spicy Italian sausage

• Breakfast sausage

• Breakfast sausage links

Ground venison options:

• Ground venison

• Ground venison with no fat added

User Experiences & Reviews

Positive Reviews

Customers have given positive reviews to River Bend Wild Game & Sausage Co. for exceptional customer service and quality of their processed meats.

Criticism:

Some reviews mention longer wait times than expected for processing, especially during peak hunting seasons, however this is common across the industry and should not be a reason to avoid River Bend Game & Sausage Company. Just check with them to get updated processing timelines.