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Deer Processors PAIndependent PA deer processor directory
Dauphin CountyWithin 20 miUpdated 2026-11-04

Best Deer Processors in Hummelstown, PA

The 15 best-rated deer processors in and around Hummelstown, Dauphin County: 1 in Hummelstown 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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#5Enola16.7 mi away24/7 or after-hours drop-offOn 2026 state program list

Blue Mountain Deer Processing

★ 4.5 on Google (24 reviews) · 6875 Wertzville Road, Enola, PA 17025
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor✓After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
SkinningBoneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealing
PRICINGCall for rates
#7Mount Joy16.4 mi away

Smuckers Meat

★ 4.6 on Google (37 reviews) · 735 Pinkerton Rd, Mount Joy, PA 17552
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Custom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealingSnack sticksJerky
PRICINGCall for rates
#10York17.7 mi away

Wantz Butcher Shop

★ 4.6 on Google (9 reviews) · 6346 Wantz Ln, York, PA 17406
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
PRICINGCall for rates

Getting a deer processed near Hummelstown

There is 1 processor in Hummelstown itself, plus 14 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Grantville (6 mi), Elizabethtown (12 mi), Manheim (13 mi) and Marietta (14 mi). The top-ranked shop is M.E. Bell, Inc., rated 4.9 across 27 reviews. Weaver's of Wellsville has the most reviews (341, averaging 4.8).

Blue Mountain Deer Processing, Bair's Deer Processing, Sensenig Butchering and 1 more take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: M.E. Bell, Inc., Bair's Deer Processing and Dispatched Deer Processing. After-hours drop-off is available at Blue Mountain Deer Processing and Mountain Meadows Butchering LLC.

If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list bologna (4 shops), jerky (4 shops), fresh sausage (4 shops) and smoked products (4 shops). Bear and elk aren't mentioned in these listings; call ahead to confirm a shop will take one. None of these processors list prices online; most quote a flat base rate plus extras for sausage, sticks and caping.

Hummelstown is in Dauphin County, in the PGC Southeast Region. Region at a glance: Lancaster, Berks and the Philadelphia suburbs, where special-regulation areas and farmland deer keep processors busy. Other Dauphin County towns with listed processors: Grantville and Millersburg. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.

Top pick

M.E. Bell, Inc.

★ 4.9 on Google (27 reviews)

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.

2026-27 CWD rules →

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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