Best Deer Processors in East Berlin, PA
The 15 best-rated deer processors in and around East Berlin, Adams County: 1 in East Berlin itself and the rest within about 20 miles. Shops in town come first, then each group is ranked by Google rating weighted by review count, state program participation and distance.
How we rank: a Google rating with fewer reviews counts for less than one with many; shops on the 2026 state program lists, HSH partners and CWD cooperators get a small boost; farther shops get a small penalty per mile. Shops in town are listed ahead of nearby ones. Nobody pays for placement. Details
processors
Doug Myers Taxidermy Studio
Charles Ilyes Family Inc
Win-A-Nell Butchering
Wag’s Bros. Meats LLC
Weaver's of Wellsville
Clay Godfrey Meats and Three Sons Meat Market
Bullets N Broadheads LLC
Godfrey Bros Meats
Shoemaker's Butchering
Weaver's Butcher Shop & Farm
J L Miller Sons Inc
Wag's Brothers Meats, LLC
Butcher Block
Hetrick’s Butcher Shop
Getting a deer processed near East Berlin
There is 1 processor in East Berlin itself, plus 14 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Dover (4 mi), Wellsville (8 mi), New Oxford (9 mi) and York (10 mi). The top-ranked shop is Nell Dwight L Custom Butchering, rated 5.0 across 55 reviews. Weaver's of Wellsville has the most reviews (341, averaging 4.8).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Wag’s Bros. Meats LLC. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Doug Myers Taxidermy Studio, Charles Ilyes Family Inc and Bullets N Broadheads LLC. After-hours drop-off is available at Bullets N Broadheads LLC.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list fresh sausage (6 shops), bologna (4 shops), smoked products (4 shops) and venison hot dogs (4 shops). Beyond deer, you can bring bear (Bullets N Broadheads LLC) and elk (Bullets N Broadheads LLC). None of these processors list prices online; most quote a flat base rate plus extras for sausage, sticks and caping.
East Berlin sits in Adams County, part of the PGC's Southcentral Region. Region at a glance: Ridge-and-valley country from Harrisburg out to Bedford and Fulton, plus Michaux and Tuscarora forest land. Other Adams County towns with listed processors: Biglerville, Gettysburg, Hanover, New Oxford and York Springs. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.
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Drop-off checklist
- Tag it right away. Tag the deer immediately after harvest and before you move it. The tag goes on the ear and stays there until the deer is processed.
- Field dress and cool fast. Remove entrails, drain the cavity and get the deer cold. In warm weather, pack the cavity with bagged ice.
- High-risk parts go in the trash. New for 2026-27: you can move a deer anywhere, but once it leaves the kill site the head, backbone and spleen must go out with commercial trash. A processor handles that for you.
- Report within 10 days. Online, by phone at 1-800-838-4431, or with the digest report card.
Hunters Sharing the Harvest
Drop a legally harvested deer at a participating processor and the venison goes to Pennsylvania food banks. Program sponsors usually cover the processing; confirm with the shop.
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