Best Deer Processors in Elizabethtown, PA
The 15 best-rated deer processors in and around Elizabethtown, Lancaster County: 1 in Elizabethtown 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
Charles Ilyes Family Inc
M.E. Bell, Inc.
Kings Butcher Shop
Conoy Custom Cuts Butcher Shop
Zimmerman's Custom Butchering
Godfrey Bros Meats
Weaver's of Wellsville
Sensenig's Deer Processing And Market
J L Miller Sons Inc
Mountain Meadows Butchering LLC
Lighthouse Meats
Smuckers Meat
Wag's Brothers Meats, LLC
Wantz Butcher Shop
Deer processing in and around Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown has 1 listed deer processor of its own, and this page adds 14 nearby options within roughly 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Marietta (4 mi), Mount Joy (5 mi), York (6 mi) and Wrightsville (10 mi). Bair's Deer Processing leads the ranking with a 4.0 average from 31 Google reviews. Weaver's of Wellsville has the most reviews (341, averaging 4.8).
Bair's Deer Processing takes Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Bair's Deer Processing, Charles Ilyes Family Inc, M.E. Bell, Inc. and 1 more. For late drags out of the woods, Mountain Meadows Butchering LLC offers after-hours or 24/7 drop-off.
The services listed most often here are bologna (6 shops), jerky (6 shops), fresh sausage (6 shops) and smoked products (6 shops). None of these listings mention bear or elk, so call first if you have one. Pricing isn't posted for these shops. Ask for the base rate, then skinning, caping and specialty product charges.
Elizabethtown sits in Lancaster County, part of the PGC's Southeast Region. Region at a glance: Lancaster, Berks and the Philadelphia suburbs, where special-regulation areas and farmland deer keep processors busy. Other Lancaster County towns with listed processors: Columbia, Drumore, East Earl, Gap, Holtwood and 11 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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