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Pocono Wild Game Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (14 reviews) · 3860 PA-447, Cresco, PA 18326
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Best Deer Processors in Cresco, PA
The 9 best-rated deer processors in and around Cresco, Monroe County: 1 in Cresco 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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Big Time Deer Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (18 reviews) · 276 Dutch Hill Rd, Canadensis, PA 18325
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
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Hillside Smokehouse
★ 4.9 on Google (156 reviews) · 329 Hartzell Ferry Rd., Mt. Bethel, PA 18343
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Hughart's Meats
★ 4.7 on Google (70 reviews) · 1324 Rt. 115, Saylorsburg, PA 18353
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
SkinningBoneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapJerkyBologna / Lebanon bologna
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The Butcher Shoppe
★ 4.7 on Google (120 reviews) · 640 PA-940, Pocono Lake, PA 18347
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Custom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerFresh sausageSmoked productsElk processing
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Deer processing
★ 4.9 on Google (12 reviews) · 1803 US-209, Brodheadsville, PA 18322
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Old School Custom Butchering
★ 4.6 on Google (11 reviews) · 291 PA-447, Newfoundland, PA 18445
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Online drop-off / order form
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Argot's Taxidermy
★ 4.2 on Google (36 reviews) · 202 Babbling Brook Road, Scotrun, PA 18355
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Bear processingEuropean mounts / skulls
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Cait's Quality Cuts
No Google reviews yet · 1025 Five Points Richmond Rd., Bangor, PA 18013
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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What to know about Cresco deer processors
There is 1 processor in Cresco itself, plus 8 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Canadensis (5 mi), Scotrun (7 mi), Newfoundland (11 mi) and Saylorsburg (16 mi). The top-ranked shop is Pocono Wild Game Processing, rated 5.0 across 14 reviews. Hillside Smokehouse has the most reviews (156, averaging 4.9).
Big Time Deer Processing, Hillside Smokehouse, Hughart's Meats and 2 more take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Hughart's Meats. 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), bologna and jerky. Beyond deer, you can bring bear (Argot's Taxidermy) and elk (The Butcher Shoppe). None of these processors list prices online; most quote a flat base rate plus extras for sausage, sticks and caping.
Cresco is in Monroe County, in the PGC Northeast Region. Region at a glance: The Poconos and Endless Mountains, from the Lehigh Valley north to the New York line. Other Monroe County towns with listed processors: Brodheadsville, Canadensis, Kunkletown, Pocono Lake, Saylorsburg and 1 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.
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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