Best Deer Processors in Clearville, PA
The 8 best-rated deer processors in and around Clearville, Bedford County: 1 in Clearville 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
Younker's Meat Market
Smith’s Custom Meats & Retail
Starliper's Custom Butchering
Strait's Butcher Shop
Clouse's Custom Processing
Buck Ridge Butcher Shop
Alvin Eshleman (custom butchering)
Getting a deer processed near Clearville
There is 1 processor in Clearville itself, plus 7 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Hyndman (12 mi), Warfordsburg (19 mi), Mercersburg (22 mi) and Bedford (23 mi). Younker's Meat Market leads the ranking with a 4.8 average from 88 Google reviews.
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Strait's Butcher Shop and Buck Ridge Butcher Shop. Woodside Custom Slaughtering And Processing and Younker's Meat Market are on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. No shop here advertises after-hours drop-off, so plan to arrive during business hours or keep the deer cold overnight.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list fresh sausage (2 shops), smoked products (2 shops), bologna and jerky. None of these listings mention bear or elk, so call first if you have one. None of these processors list prices online; most quote a flat base rate plus extras for sausage, sticks and caping.
Clearville is in Bedford County, in the PGC Southcentral Region. Region at a glance: Ridge-and-valley country from Harrisburg out to Bedford and Fulton, plus Michaux and Tuscarora forest land. Other Bedford County towns with listed processors: Bedford, Hyndman and New Enterprise. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.
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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