Minor Acres Packing Co
★ 4.7 on Google (30 reviews) · 641 Kilgore Road, Jackson Center, PA 16133
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Best Deer Processors in Jackson Center, PA
The 7 best-rated deer processors in and around Jackson Center, Mercer County: 1 in Jackson Center 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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Bims Boloney
★ 4.8 on Google (24 reviews) · 145 Morris Road, Petrolia, PA 16050
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Field's Custom Slaughtering
★ 4.9 on Google (63 reviews) · 19826 PA-285, Cochranton, PA 16314
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Boneless cutsFreezer paper wrapFresh sausageSmoked productsBeef / pork custom butchering
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Dunkerley Family Farm & Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (1 review) · 290 Chestnut Grove Rd., Utica, PA 16362
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Red Barn Butcher Shop
★ 4.0 on Google (12 reviews) · 2037 Mercer Rd., Fredonia, PA 16124
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Jacob's Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 9 Poole Rd, Mercer, PA 16137
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Liszka Meats
★ 4.3 on Google (12 reviews) · 727 Mercer Rd, Greenville, PA 16125
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What to know about Jackson Center deer processors
Hunters around Jackson Center have 1 processor in town and 6 more shops within about 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Mercer (6 mi), Fredonia (14 mi), Greenville (16 mi) and Utica (16 mi). The top-ranked shop is Minor Acres Packing Co, rated 4.7 across 30 reviews. Field's Custom Slaughtering has the most reviews (63, averaging 4.9).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Minor Acres Packing Co, Bims Boloney, Dunkerley Family Farm & Processing and 2 more. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Dunkerley Family Farm & Processing. 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.
Specialty work advertised by shops on this list: fresh sausage, smoked products and boneless cuts. Bear and elk aren't mentioned in these listings; call ahead to confirm a shop will take one. No shop here publishes a base price online, so ask for the standard deer rate and any add-ons when you call.
Jackson Center sits in Mercer County, part of the PGC's Northwest Region. Region at a glance: Allegheny National Forest country, from Erie and Warren south through Venango, Mercer and Clarion. Other Mercer County towns with listed processors: Fredonia, Greenville, Jamestown and Mercer. 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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