[Hugh Jorgan]

I have eaten my deer meat and sausage at two years wrapped in butcher paper in the freezer. I even ate some sausage once from 3 years that was wrapped only in butcher paper. Tasted like chit. Now I vacuum pack it.

I wouldn't hesitate to eat anything 3 or 4 years old. It won't hurt you and salmonella and botulism won't grow in the freezer. The only thing to suffer will be the taste.