Buffalo Jerky

Buffalo is the easiest place to start with wild game

If beef jerky is your baseline, buffalo is the smallest step away from it. Same familiar red-meat flavor, slightly sweeter, noticeably leaner. Bison carries less fat and fewer calories than beef at the same weight while delivering more protein, which is why it's become the default pick for people who want something cleaner without a flavor they have to get used to.

Buffalo and bison are the same animal, incidentally. American bison picked up the "buffalo" name a few hundred years ago and it stuck.

Which to pick. Smoked Buffalo is the straight-ahead version and one of our best sellers. Chipotle & Garlic is the one that surprises people — smoky heat rather than sharp heat. Spicy if you want the burn up front. Mild if you're buying for kids or for someone easing into it.

Our buffalo sticks blend bison with beef, which is standard for the category and does two useful things: it holds the stick together and adds back a little of the fat that bison naturally lacks. Straight bison in a one-ounce stick comes out dry.

Hardwood smoked in small batches at Zick's Specialty Meats in Michigan — a family smokehouse with over forty years behind it. No MSG. No fillers. USDA inspected every production day.