Gower & Sons Custom Cuts (formerly Baranyk’s DP)
No Google reviews yet · 36097 State Route 14, Gillett, PA 16925
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Gillett, PA
The 4 best-rated deer processors in and around Gillett, Bradford County: 1 in Gillett 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
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Bryan's Meat Cutting & Ctry Butcher Shop
★ 4.9 on Google (94 reviews) · 8861 Springfield Road, Milan, PA 18831
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
SkinningBoneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealing
BASE PROCESSING$150.00
Bruce’s Meat Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (7 reviews) · 966 Hullett Road, Athens, PA 18810
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
PRICINGCall for rates
Burns Butchering & Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 1472 Weaver Rd., Athens, PA 18810
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
PRICINGCall for rates
Getting a deer processed near Gillett
Hunters around Gillett have 1 processor in town and 3 more shops within about 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Milan (11 mi) and Athens (12 mi). Bryan's Meat Cutting & Ctry Butcher Shop leads the ranking with a 4.9 average from 94 Google reviews.
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Gower & Sons Custom Cuts (formerly Baranyk’s DP), Bryan's Meat Cutting & Ctry Butcher Shop, Bruce’s Meat Processing and 1 more. None of these shops is on the PGC cooperating processor list. Under the 2026-27 CWD rules you don't need one, since any shop can take your deer as long as high-risk parts go out with the trash. No shop here advertises after-hours drop-off, so plan to arrive during business hours or keep the deer cold overnight.
Specialty work advertised by shops on this list: snack sticks, bologna, fresh sausage and smoked products. None of these listings mention bear or elk, so call first if you have one. Bryan's Meat Cutting & Ctry Butcher Shop publishes a base processing price of $150.00; the rest quote by phone.
Gillett sits in Bradford County, part of the PGC's Northeast Region. Region at a glance: The Poconos and Endless Mountains, from the Lehigh Valley north to the New York line. Other Bradford County towns with listed processors: Athens, Canton, Milan, Rome and Stevensville. 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.
Donate venison
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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