Found, not farmed
Every flavor is a location.
Mile Marker Jerky is small-batch jerky made from roadkill. Licensed salvage crews collect each animal within the hour, and every flavor is named for the exact mile marker where it was found. I-80 Mile 214 is a place in Nebraska, and it is also venison.
How a mile becomes a flavor
Other brands source from farms and feedlots, where every animal tastes the same on purpose. Ours source themselves, one at a time, wherever they see fit. We just write down where.
The Dawn Patrol
Our crews drive their assigned stretches at first light, every day, under state salvage permits. Anything found goes on ice in the truck within the hour. Freshness is a promise, and also a legal requirement.
Logged and graded
Each recovery is tagged with its road, mile, and time. Field dressing happens at a licensed facility, where an inspector decides what makes the cut. Most of it does not. Standards are the whole business.
Smoked where it fell
Seasonings come from within sight of the marker whenever we can manage it: Maine maple for the moose, Arizona mesquite for the javelina. The French have a word for this. We looked it up. It applies.
The current markers
Six stretches of American highway, each with its own animal, season, and story. Availability depends on traffic.
Within the hour. Every time.
Our freshness promise is simple: no animal enters the program unless a patrol reaches it within sixty minutes. The vans carry ice, tags, a thermometer, and a laminated map with every marker our permits cover.
Fourteen states currently allow roadkill salvage by permit. We hold permits in eleven of them and are writing polite letters to the other three.
"The road provides. We just get there first."
From people who pulled over
"I drove past Mile 214 on a family trip and made everyone get out. You can see the exact spot from the rest area. The jerky tastes like that view." Carol M., Iowa
"I hit a deer in March and called the number on the bag. They were there in forty minutes and sent me a coupon. Professional outfit." Dale R., Nebraska
"The moose lasted our house eight months. You start rationing it around month five. My husband hid some in the garage." Elaine T., Maine
The Migration Club
A new seasonal marker every month, following the herds south in fall and north in spring. Each shipment includes the recovery report and a map pin for your fridge. $29 a month, pause whenever the deer do.
Join the club