Virgili Custom Meat
★ 5.0 on Google (15 reviews) · 1495 Crucible Rd, Jefferson, PA 15344
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Jefferson, PA
The 13 best-rated deer processors in and around Jefferson, Greene County: 1 in Jefferson 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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Sutch & Sons
★ 5.0 on Google (23 reviews) · 80 Pike Run Rd, Daisytown, PA 15427
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Pekar's Smokehouse
★ 5.0 on Google (15 reviews) · 353 S Willis St, Bobtown, PA 15315
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Snack sticksJerkyBologna / Lebanon bolognaSummer sausageFresh sausage
BASE PROCESSING$160
Harry's Custom Meats
★ 4.8 on Google (102 reviews) · 375 Clark Rd, Smithfield, PA 15478
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Eighty Four Packing Co Inc
★ 4.8 on Google (119 reviews) · 1949 PA-136, Eighty Four, PA 15330
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Custom cuts / cut & wrapFresh sausageSmoked productsBacon / ham styleBeef / pork custom butchering
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B & R Wild Game Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (4 reviews) · 423 Green St, Belle Vernon, PA 15012
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
Fish processing
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Rosensteel's Deer Processing
★ 4.5 on Google (22 reviews) · 245 Rankin Rd N, Belle Vernon, PA 15012
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Hungarian Smokehouse DP
No Google reviews yet · 534 N Eighty Eight Rd., Carmichaels, PA 15320
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Fritz's Custom Cutting
★ 3.9 on Google (11 reviews) · 303 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Washington, PA 15301
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Bacon / ham styleRetail meat counter
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Harpers' Country Meats
★ 4.3 on Google (12 reviews) · 745 Flatwoods Rd, Vanderbilt, PA 15486
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Bobeck's Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 139 Craig Road, Monongahela, PA 15063
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Fredericktown Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 334 Front St, Brownsville, PA 15417
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Uhlman Packing
No Google reviews yet · 84 Twin Bridges Rd, Charleroi, PA 15022
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Getting a deer processed near Jefferson
There is 1 processor in Jefferson itself, plus 12 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Carmichaels (1 mi), Brownsville (9 mi), Daisytown (9 mi) and Bobtown (12 mi). The top-ranked shop is Virgili Custom Meat, rated 5.0 across 15 reviews. Eighty Four Packing Co Inc has the most reviews (119, averaging 4.8).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Sutch & Sons, Hungarian Smokehouse DP, Fritz's Custom Cutting and 1 more. Fritz's Custom Cutting is 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 fresh sausage (2 shops), smoked products (2 shops), snack sticks and bologna. Bear and elk aren't mentioned in these listings; call ahead to confirm a shop will take one. Pekar's Smokehouse publishes a base processing price of $160; the rest quote by phone.
Jefferson is in Greene County, in the PGC Southwest Region. Region at a glance: Laurel Highlands farm and ridge country surrounding Pittsburgh, west to the Ohio and West Virginia lines. Other Greene County towns with listed processors: Bobtown and Carmichaels. 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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