Deer Processors in Armstrong County, PA
5 deer and wild game processors in Armstrong County, PA. 4 take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations and 1 is a PGC-approved CWD cooperator. Sorted by Google rating weighted by review count.
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Myers Meat Shop
Toy's Deer Processing
J&J Smokehouse
Graham's Custom Butchering
Deer processing in Armstrong County
This directory lists 5 deer processors across Armstrong County, spread across 3 towns: Cowansville, Ford City and Kittanning. Shops with Google reviews here average 4.7 stars, in line with the statewide 4.6. The top-ranked shop is Gutherie Deer Processing, rated 5.0 across 11 reviews. Toy's Deer Processing has the most reviews (34, averaging 4.2).
Gutherie Deer Processing, Myers Meat Shop, Toy's Deer Processing and 1 more take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. Toy's Deer Processing is on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. That's 80% 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. Pricing isn't posted for these shops. Ask for the base rate, then skinning, caping and specialty product charges.
Armstrong County is in the PGC's Southwest Region. Region at a glance: Laurel Highlands farm and ridge country surrounding Pittsburgh, west to the Ohio and West Virginia lines. If every cooler here is full, neighboring Butler, Indiana, Clarion and Jefferson counties have 25 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.
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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.
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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