Best Deer Processors in Union City, PA
The 10 best-rated deer processors in and around Union City, Crawford County: 1 in Union City 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
Knapp's Butcher Block
Dutchman Cuts
Frozen Food Center
Martin's Smokehouse
Meat and Moss Company
Scouten's Custom Butchering
Rocky Meadow Meats
Troyer's Processing
Pacileo's Great Lakes Deer Processing
Getting a deer processed near Union City
There is 1 processor in Union City itself, plus 9 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Corry (5 mi), Spartansburg (7 mi), Centerville (10 mi) and Cambridge Springs (15 mi). The top-ranked shop is Hungry Run Processing, rated 4.9 across 17 reviews. Martin's Smokehouse has the most reviews (43, averaging 4.7).
Knapp's Butcher Block, Rocky Meadow Meats and Pacileo's Great Lakes Deer Processing take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. Scouten's Custom Butchering is on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. After-hours drop-off is available at Troyer's Processing.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list smoked products (2 shops), snack sticks, bologna and jerky. Beyond deer, you can bring bear (Troyer's Processing). Troyer's Processing publishes a base processing price of $85.00; the rest quote by phone.
Union City is in Crawford County, in the PGC Northwest Region. Region at a glance: Allegheny National Forest country, from Erie and Warren south through Venango, Mercer and Clarion. Other Crawford County towns with listed processors: Cambridge Springs, Centerville, Cochranton, Conneautville, Jamestown and 2 more. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.
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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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