Country Butcher Shop
★ 4.8 on Google (31 reviews) · 220 Oak Road, Drums, PA 18222
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Drums, PA
The 5 best-rated deer processors in and around Drums, Luzerne County: 1 in Drums 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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Naugles Deer Processing
★ 4.8 on Google (64 reviews) · 1522 State Route 29, Hunlock Creek, PA 18621
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor✓After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
SkinningBoneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealing
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Beers and Deers Butcher Shop
★ 5.0 on Google (2 reviews) · 108 W Hollow Rd, Nescopeck, PA 18635
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
Food processing company
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Veterans Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 2040 PA-487, Orangeville, PA 17859
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Country Kettle
No Google reviews yet · 227 Mountain Rd., Tamaqua, PA 18252
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Getting a deer processed near Drums
Drums has 1 listed deer processor of its own, and this page adds 4 nearby options within roughly 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Nescopeck (3 mi), Orangeville (18 mi), Hunlock Creek (18 mi) and Tamaqua (19 mi). Country Butcher Shop leads the ranking with a 4.8 average from 31 Google reviews. Naugles Deer Processing has the most reviews (64, averaging 4.8).
Country Butcher Shop, Naugles Deer Processing, Veterans Deer Processing and 1 more take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Country Butcher Shop and Naugles Deer Processing. For late drags out of the woods, Naugles Deer Processing offers after-hours or 24/7 drop-off.
The services listed most often here are snack sticks, fresh sausage, summer sausage and smoked products. 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.
Drums sits in Luzerne County, part of the PGC's Northeast Region. Region at a glance: The Poconos and Endless Mountains, from the Lehigh Valley north to the New York line. Other Luzerne County towns with listed processors: Dallas, Hunlock Creek and Nescopeck. 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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