Thompson's Packing Co
★ 3.2 on Google (24 reviews) · 400 Allegheny St, Jersey Shore, PA 17740
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Jersey Shore, PA
The 6 best-rated deer processors in and around Jersey Shore, Lycoming County: 1 in Jersey Shore 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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Stoltzfus Butcher Shop
★ 4.9 on Google (182 reviews) · 1865 East End Mt. Road, Mill Hall, PA 17751
✓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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Gross's Butchering
★ 5.0 on Google (10 reviews) · 1060 Upper Powys Rd., Cogan Station, PA 17728
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
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Stoltzfus Family Butcher Shop
No Google reviews yet · 527 Ireland Rd, Allenwood, PA 17810
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Rathfon's Processing
No Google reviews yet · 2190 Walbash Rd, Mifflinburg, PA 17844
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Frank And April
No Google reviews yet · 174 White Deer Ave, Allenwood, PA 17810
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Getting a deer processed near Jersey Shore
There is 1 processor in Jersey Shore itself, plus 5 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Mill Hall (10 mi), Allenwood (13 mi), Cogan Station (14 mi) and Mifflinburg (18 mi). The top-ranked shop is Thompson's Packing Co, rated 3.2 across 24 reviews. Stoltzfus Butcher Shop has the most reviews (182, averaging 4.9).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Stoltzfus Butcher Shop, Gross's Butchering and Stoltzfus Family Butcher Shop. Rathfon's Processing and Frank And April are on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. After-hours drop-off is available at Stoltzfus Butcher Shop.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list bologna, jerky, fresh sausage and summer sausage. 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.
Jersey Shore sits in Lycoming County, part of the PGC's 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 Lycoming County towns with listed processors: Allenwood, Cogan Station and Hughesville. 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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