Jack's Wild Side

Jack's Wild Side

So, how did a guy from Minong, Wisconsin start making beef jerky? Well, it came to me one day when my boys and I were headed out for an afternoon hunt. We stopped at a local store and bought some jerky out of the glass jar on the counter. Turned out to be about as tough as our hunting boots.

The boys and I went home and found my great-grandfather's original recipes. The paper was yellowed, but the recipes were as good as the day they were written. We decided to try our hand at making jerky the genuine, authentic way. It turned out even better than we could have hoped for.

It didn't take long for us to decide to share our jerky with the rest of the folks in the area. We started selling our Jack Link's Jerky out of the back of my truck from one mom-and-pop store to the next. Pretty soon, it was nearly impossible to keep up. Folks just couldn't get enough of our jerky.

Years later, here we are still making jerky -- now, it just happens to be for folks all around the world.  Even with all the changes over the years, the important things have stayed the same. We're still making jerky from our own time-tested recipes - the kind of jerky my father, grandfather and great-grandfather would be proud to claim as their own.