Dispatched Deer Processing
About Dispatched Deer Processing
Deer and wild game processor in Columbia, Lancaster County. It is a Game Commission CWD cooperating processor. It is on the game commission's list of cwd cooperating processors approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts.
There are no Google reviews for Dispatched Deer Processing yet; a quick call is the best way to check intake and timing. It is a PGC CWD cooperator for fall archery, winter archery, regular firearms. Nearby backups: Smuckers Meat (1.4 mi) or Wantz Butcher Shop (3.2 mi). Call before you drop off a deer; intake rules and hours at Columbia shops change during the season.
Program participation
"Not listed" means we didn't find the business on that program's list, not that it refuses those deer. Ask when you call.
Services & species
Hours
Hours not listed. Call ahead, especially during rifle season.
Hours often expand during rifle season. Call to confirm.
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.
Location
1303 Long Ln, Columbia, PA 17512
Lancaster County, Southeast Region · 40.07189, -76.51981
Open in Google Maps OpenStreetMapSources: PGC CWD map 2026; PGC list 2023-24. Last compiled 2026-11-04.
Nearby processors
- Smuckers Meat1.4 mi
- Wantz Butcher Shop3.2 mi
- Conoy Custom Cuts Butcher Shop4.7 mi
- Bair's Deer Processing5.3 mi
- Kings Butcher Shop5.5 mi
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