K&G Deer Processing
★ 2.3 on Google (3 reviews) · 393 Tanner St., Ebensburg, PA 15931
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Ebensburg, PA
The 7 best-rated deer processors in and around Ebensburg, Cambria County: 1 in Ebensburg 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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Holland Brothers Meats
★ 4.8 on Google (222 reviews) · 16627 Dunnings Hwy, Duncansville, PA 16635
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapVacuum sealingSnack sticksJerky
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Thomas Smoked Meats LLC
★ 4.4 on Google (48 reviews) · 305 Fernwood Drive, Johnstown, PA 15905
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealingJerky
BASE PROCESSING$120.00
Stauffer Deer Butchering and Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (1 review) · 1344 Shellbark Rd, Armagh, PA 15920
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Simanski's Deer Cutting
No Google reviews yet · 99 Sumner St, Cresson, PA 16630
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Fordick Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 168 Twin Lakes Rd, Portage, PA 15946
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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McCready's Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 126 McCready Ln, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Getting a deer processed near Ebensburg
There is 1 processor in Ebensburg itself, plus 6 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Portage (6 mi), Cresson (7 mi), Duncansville (16 mi) and Armagh (18 mi). Holland Brothers Meats leads the ranking with a 4.8 average from 222 Google reviews.
K&G Deer Processing and Thomas Smoked Meats LLC take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. Thomas Smoked Meats LLC and Simanski's Deer Cutting 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 bologna (2 shops), jerky (2 shops), fresh sausage (2 shops) and smoked products (2 shops). Beyond deer, you can bring elk (Thomas Smoked Meats LLC). Thomas Smoked Meats LLC publishes a base processing price of $120.00; the rest quote by phone.
Ebensburg sits in Cambria County, part of the PGC's Southwest Region. Region at a glance: Laurel Highlands farm and ridge country surrounding Pittsburgh, west to the Ohio and West Virginia lines. Other Cambria County towns with listed processors: Cresson and Portage. 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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