The 13 best-rated deer processors in and around Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County: 2 in Schuylkill Haven 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
Hunters around Schuylkill Haven have 2 processors in town and 11 more shops within about 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Pine Grove (5 mi), Auburn (6 mi), Richland (9 mi) and Myerstown (10 mi). The top-ranked shop is Mease Meats Retail Store, rated 5.0 across 22 reviews. Bur-Pak Family Foods has the most reviews (91, averaging 4.7).
Mease Meats, Inc., Sadler's Custom Butchering, Twin Pines Custom Meats and 2 more take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. Mease Meats, Inc., Sadler's Custom Butchering, Bur-Pak Family Foods and 1 more 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 Twin Pines Custom Meats.
Specialty work advertised by shops on this list: fresh sausage (5 shops), snack sticks (4 shops), jerky (4 shops) and bologna (3 shops). Beyond deer, you can bring bear (Bur-Pak Family Foods). No shop here publishes a base price online, so ask for the standard deer rate and any add-ons when you call.
Schuylkill Haven is in Schuylkill County, in the PGC Southeast Region. Region at a glance: Lancaster, Berks and the Philadelphia suburbs, where special-regulation areas and farmland deer keep processors busy. Other Schuylkill County towns with listed processors: Auburn, Hegins, Pine Grove and Tamaqua. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.
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.
Find HSH processors →