Best Deer Processors in Warriors Mark, PA
The 7 best-rated deer processors in and around Warriors Mark, Centre County: 1 in Warriors Mark 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
Peachey Foods & Locker LLC
Waynesburg Meat Shop, LLC
The Buck Stop Deer Processing
Cold Springs Processing
Gummo's Butcher Shop
The Butcher Block Custom Meat Company
What to know about Warriors Mark deer processors
There is 1 processor in Warriors Mark itself, plus 6 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Port Matilda (2 mi), Petersburg (8 mi), Philipsburg (13 mi) and Huntingdon (13 mi). The top-ranked shop is Peachey Foods & Locker LLC, rated 4.8 across 69 reviews.
The Buck Stop Deer Processing and Cold Springs Processing take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: The Buck Stop Deer Processing. None of these processors list a 24/7 drop-off. If you hunt until dark, call ahead about late intake or keep the deer iced.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list snack sticks (2 shops), bologna (2 shops), boneless cuts (2 shops) and fresh sausage. Beyond deer, you can bring bear (Peachey Foods & Locker LLC). None of these processors list prices online; most quote a flat base rate plus extras for sausage, sticks and caping.
Warriors Mark sits in Centre County, part of the PGC's Northcentral Region. Region at a glance: The Pennsylvania Wilds: big woods, State Game Lands and the elk range around Elk, Cameron and Clearfield counties. Other Centre County towns with listed processors: Bellefonte, Howard, Port Matilda and Spring Mills. 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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