Thank you. It's very humid where I live and I don't have any venison so method 1 is out, but I might be able to try the method in article 2 on beef. I'll add smoked paprika, cumin or other spices.

The so-called pemmican bar I had previously, found in the power bar section, wasn't pemmican at all - it was mostly flour, dried fruit and sweeteners and contained no meat (or flavor).