Meidi's Meat Processing
No Google reviews yet · 2678 Montmorenci Rd, Ridgway, PA 15853
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Ridgway, PA
The 11 best-rated deer processors in and around Ridgway, Elk County: 1 in Ridgway 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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Clyde's Quality Meats And Catering
★ 4.8 on Google (38 reviews) · 463 Chestnut St, Saint Marys, PA 15857
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
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Lockwood Processing
★ 4.9 on Google (24 reviews) · 5186 Route 36, Sigel, PA 15860
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Valley Meats
★ 5.0 on Google (14 reviews) · 690 Rich Valley Road, Emporium, PA 15834
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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C & D Processing
★ 4.6 on Google (18 reviews) · 33635 State Route 66, Leeper, PA 16233
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Biggie's Quality Meats
★ 4.7 on Google (174 reviews) · 6036 US-119, Punxsutawney, PA 15767
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerJerkyBologna / Lebanon bologna
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Krajewski Meats
★ 5.0 on Google (2 reviews) · 303 Saxon Hill Rd, Reynoldsville, PA 15851
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Smoke House DP
No Google reviews yet · 375 W. Theresia Rd., St. Marys, PA 15857
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Muth Custom Butchering
★ 4.5 on Google (4 reviews) · 207 Main St, Troutville, PA 15866
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Alderton's Meat Market
★ 4.2 on Google (5 reviews) · 4118 US-322, Brookville, PA 15825
–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
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Deer processing in and around Ridgway
There is 1 processor in Ridgway itself, plus 10 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Saint Marys (10 mi), St. Marys (10 mi), Sigel (24 mi) and Emporium (26 mi). The top-ranked shop is Clyde's Quality Meats And Catering, rated 4.8 across 38 reviews. Biggie's Quality Meats has the most reviews (174, averaging 4.7).
Valley Meats, C & D Processing and Smoke House DP take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. Clyde's Quality Meats And Catering, Lockwood Processing, Smoke House DP and 1 more are on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. 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 bologna, jerky, fresh sausage and smoked products. 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.
Ridgway is in Elk County, in the PGC 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 Elk County towns with listed processors: Saint Marys and St. Marys. 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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