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16 Pennsylvania Counties Have One Deer Processor or None
Pennsylvania's northcentral counties have the thinnest network of deer processors in the state. The Game Commission's Northcentral Region averages 2.9 processors per county, half the Southeast's 5.8. Potter has no processor we could confirm. Cameron, Clinton and McKean have one each.
306Open processors statewide
61/67Counties with at least one
6Counties with none confirmed
2.9Per county, Northcentral Region
Statewide we count 306 open deer processors in 61 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. 16 counties have one processor or none: 6 with zero and 10 with exactly one. At the other end, Lancaster has 22, York has 15 and Westmoreland has 12.
Processors by Game Commission region
| Region | Counties | Processors | Per county | Counties with 0 or 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 3 (Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery) |
| Southcentral | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 1 (Juniata) |
| Southwest | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 2 (Beaver, Somerset) |
| Northwest | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 1 (Forest) |
| Northeast | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 5 (Carbon, Montour, Wayne, Pike, Sullivan) |
| Northcentral | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 4 (Potter, Cameron, Clinton, McKean) |
Regions are the Pennsylvania Game Commission's six administrative regions. Highlighted row has the fewest processors per county.
The 16 thinnest counties
| County | Region | Processors | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon | Northeast | 0 | None confirmed |
| Forest | Northwest | 0 | None confirmed |
| Montour | Northeast | 0 | None confirmed |
| Philadelphia | Southeast | 0 | None confirmed |
| Potter | Northcentral | 0 | None confirmed |
| Wayne | Northeast | 0 | None confirmed |
| Beaver | Southwest | 1 | Doug Peffer's Deer Cutting, Smokehouse & Big Game Processing, Ellwood City |
| Cameron | Northcentral | 1 | Valley Meats, Emporium HSH |
| Clinton | Northcentral | 1 | Stoltzfus Butcher Shop, Mill Hall HSH |
| Delaware | Southeast | 1 | Stuff-It Taxidermy Deer Processing, Aston HSH CWD |
| Juniata | Southcentral | 1 | Kreider Processing, Port Royal CWD |
| McKean | Northcentral | 1 | Baker's Deer Processing, Eldred CWD |
| Montgomery | Southeast | 1 | Back Home Butcher Shop and Country Store, Green Lane |
| Pike | Northeast | 1 | Old School Custom Butchering, Newfoundland |
| Somerset | Southwest | 1 | Thomas Smoked Meats LLC, Johnstown HSH CWD |
| Sullivan | Northeast | 1 | Bare Bones BBQ & Deer Processing, Forksville HSH |
HSH = Hunters Sharing the Harvest participant. CWD = PGC CWD cooperating processor.
All 67 counties
| County | Region | Processors | HSH | CWD coop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon | Northeast | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forest | Northwest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montour | Northeast | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Southeast | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Potter | Northcentral | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne | Northeast | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beaver | Southwest | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron | Northcentral | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Clinton | Northcentral | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Delaware | Southeast | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Juniata | Southcentral | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| McKean | Northcentral | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Montgomery | Southeast | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | Northeast | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Somerset | Southwest | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sullivan | Northeast | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lehigh | Southeast | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Snyder | Southcentral | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | Northwest | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyoming | Northeast | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Cambria | Southwest | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Clarion | Northwest | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Columbia | Northeast | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Elk | Northcentral | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Fulton | Southcentral | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Greene | Southwest | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawrence | Northwest | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Northampton | Southeast | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Susquehanna | Northeast | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Tioga | Northcentral | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Venango | Northwest | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Bedford | Southcentral | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Dauphin | Southeast | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Huntingdon | Southcentral | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Lackawanna | Northeast | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Luzerne | Northeast | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Armstrong | Southwest | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Centre | Northcentral | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Clearfield | Northcentral | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Indiana | Southwest | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Lebanon | Southeast | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Lycoming | Northcentral | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Mercer | Northwest | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Union | Northcentral | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Allegheny | Southwest | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Blair | Southcentral | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Erie | Northwest | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Fayette | Southwest | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Jefferson | Northwest | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Mifflin | Southcentral | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Perry | Southcentral | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Schuylkill | Southeast | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Adams | Southcentral | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Chester | Southeast | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Cumberland | Southcentral | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Franklin | Southcentral | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Monroe | Northeast | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Northumberland | Northeast | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Bradford | Northeast | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Bucks | Southeast | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Washington | Southwest | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Berks | Southeast | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Crawford | Northwest | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Butler | Northwest | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| Westmoreland | Southwest | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| York | Southcentral | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| Lancaster | Southeast | 22 | 8 | 9 |