Best Deer Processors in New Oxford, PA
The 15 best-rated deer processors in and around New Oxford, Adams County: 2 in New Oxford 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
Weaver's Butcher Shop & Farm
Doug Myers Taxidermy Studio
Charles Ilyes Family Inc
Nell Dwight L Custom Butchering
Bullets N Broadheads LLC
Wag’s Bros. Meats LLC
Clay Godfrey Meats and Three Sons Meat Market
Weaver's of Wellsville
Shoemaker's Butchering
Wag's Brothers Meats, LLC
Butcher Block
Hetrick’s Butcher Shop
Wagamans Butcher Block
Brandt's Custom Slaughtering Shop
Deer processing in and around New Oxford
There are 2 processors in New Oxford itself, plus 13 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Hanover (8 mi), Gettysburg (9 mi), Biglerville (9 mi) and East Berlin (9 mi). Win-A-Nell Butchering leads the ranking with a 5.0 average from 66 Google reviews. Weaver's of Wellsville has the most reviews (341, averaging 4.8).
Wag’s Bros. Meats LLC takes Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Doug Myers Taxidermy Studio, Charles Ilyes Family Inc and Bullets N Broadheads LLC. For late drags out of the woods, Bullets N Broadheads LLC offers after-hours or 24/7 drop-off.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list fresh sausage (5 shops), bologna (3 shops), jerky (3 shops) and smoked products (3 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.
New Oxford 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, East Berlin, Gettysburg, Hanover 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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