Do you have a grill or smoker? Get cooking. Find recipes online for how to make beef jerky in a smoker. Jerky lasts longer - until you open it. Pro tip - get some various sizes of mylar bags and a woman's cheap hair flat iron (looks like a curling iron someone pounded with a hammer). Also get some oxygen absorbers (or you can make your own - search online). Make the jerky and pack it in small batches in the mylar bags with an oxygen absorber and seal it with the flat iron. Then pop them in your freezer until you need them. You can do this in an oven as well if necessary but it will cost more in electricity - you are better off getting a dehydrator. Get one that is big enough for big batches of jerky because it takes a while so the more you can do at once the quicker you get done.

Honestly I was getting ready to purchase a Harvest Right freeze drier this Veteran's Day until the contract I was working on was unexpectedly terminated due to the economy. Now I have to worry about getting a job first. But - Tractor Supply has those freeze driers every day at the price Harvest Right sells them for on Black Friday only. They also give a 15% discount on everything to veterans on Veteran's Day (only). I figured if I got the "medium" one I could just start buying things like avocados, berries, eggs, meat, and even stuff like spaghettios when they went on sale, freeze dry them, and put them up for when I need them. I know for example avocados at Sam's Club near me can go below $2 a bag of 5 large ones in parts of the year, but they were almost $7 yesterday. They freeze-dry really well and I use them a lot, so eventually the freeze drier would pay for itself in my case. I planned on also using it for my large freezer of meat.

Edit - note. I don't work for, or know anyone that works for either Harvest Right or Tractor Supply. I do cyber security. I just really want one of those, and found the best price that I could. Hopefully it helps someone that was looking for the same.