The Buck Stop Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 2689 Port Matilda Hwy, Philipsburg, PA 16866
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Philipsburg, PA
The 6 best-rated deer processors in and around Philipsburg, Clearfield County: 1 in Philipsburg 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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Country Butcher Inc.
★ 4.7 on Google (84 reviews) · 8791 Shiloh Rd, Woodland, PA 16881
–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$80 (skinning extra)
Shug's Processing
★ 4.6 on Google (12 reviews) · 1917 Daisy St, Clearfield, PA 16830
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Biancuzzo's Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 605 Dorey St, Clearfield, PA 16830
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
PRICINGCall for rates
Gummo's Butcher Shop
No Google reviews yet · 86 Red Pine St, Port Matilda, PA 16870
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Country Side Nursery
No Google reviews yet · 2273 W Gatesburg Rd, Warriors Mark, PA 16877
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Getting a deer processed near Philipsburg
There is 1 processor in Philipsburg itself, plus 5 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Port Matilda (11 mi), Woodland (12 mi), Warriors Mark (13 mi) and Clearfield (16 mi). Country Butcher Inc. leads the ranking with a 4.7 average from 84 Google reviews.
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use The Buck Stop Deer Processing. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: The Buck Stop Deer Processing, Country Butcher Inc. and Biancuzzo's Deer Processing. For late drags out of the woods, Country Butcher Inc. offers after-hours or 24/7 drop-off.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list snack sticks, bologna, jerky and fresh sausage. Beyond deer, you can bring elk (Country Butcher Inc.). Country Butcher Inc. publishes a base processing price of $80 (skinning extra); the rest quote by phone.
Philipsburg sits in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County towns with listed processors: Clearfield, Troutville and Woodland. 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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