3 deer and wild game processors in Venango County, PA. 2 take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations and 1 is a PGC-approved CWD cooperator. Sorted by Google rating weighted by review count.
This directory lists 3 deer processors across Venango County, spread across 2 towns: Emlenton and Utica. Shops with Google reviews here average 4.9 stars, above the statewide 4.6. The top-ranked shop is Hepler's Meats processing plant, rated 4.8 across 59 reviews.
Dunkerley Family Farm & Processing and Hepler Meat Processing take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. Dunkerley Family Farm & Processing is on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. That's 67% of local shops in HSH, against 36% statewide. 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.
Service details aren't published for these shops yet. Call to ask about specialty products and packaging before you drop off. 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.
Venango County is in the PGC's Northwest Region. Region at a glance: Allegheny National Forest country, from Erie and Warren south through Venango, Mercer and Clarion. If every cooler here is full, neighboring Clarion, Mercer, Crawford and Butler counties have 29 listed processors between them. If you want your deer tested for CWD, ask the shop to save the head, or drop it at a free PGC head bin.
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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