Gutherie Deer Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (11 reviews) · 168 Gutherie Road, Cowansville, PA 16218
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Best Deer Processors in Cowansville, PA
The 13 best-rated deer processors in and around Cowansville, Armstrong County: 1 in Cowansville 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
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Welters Meat Shop
★ 5.0 on Google (64 reviews) · 170 Welter Rd., Butler, PA 16002
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
DeliMeat packer
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Bims Boloney
★ 4.8 on Google (24 reviews) · 145 Morris Road, Petrolia, PA 16050
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Schnur's Country Market
★ 4.9 on Google (115 reviews) · 252 Bonniebrook Rd, Butler, PA 16002
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerJerkyBologna / Lebanon bologna
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McKruit's Custom Meat Cutting
★ 4.7 on Google (41 reviews) · 1011 Bear Creek Road, Cabot, PA 16023
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Custom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerJerkyFresh sausageSmoked products
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Geibel's Butcher Shop
★ 4.9 on Google (11 reviews) · 144 Geibel Rd, Fenelton, PA 16034
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Myers Meat Shop
★ 5.0 on Google (1 review) · 749 Butler Rd., Kittanning, PA 16201
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OBS Custom Meat Processing
★ 4.5 on Google (8 reviews) · 804 Foxburg Rd., Parker, PA 16373
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R & J Deer Processing
★ 4.8 on Google (6 reviews) · 2696 Penn St, Fairmount City, PA 16224
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J&J Smokehouse
★ 4.5 on Google (34 reviews) · 122 Rosston Cir, Ford City, PA 16226
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CatererFood producer
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Smerker Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (3 reviews) · 3498 Truittsburg Rd, Fairmount City, PA 16224
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Toy's Deer Processing
★ 4.2 on Google (34 reviews) · 1988 State Route 66, Ford City, PA 16226
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Graham's Custom Butchering
No Google reviews yet · 12876 State Rt. 422, Kittanning, PA 16201
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Getting a deer processed near Cowansville
Cowansville has 1 listed deer processor of its own, and this page adds 12 nearby options within roughly 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Fenelton (8 mi), Kittanning (9 mi), Butler (9 mi) and Petrolia (12 mi). The top-ranked shop is Gutherie Deer Processing, rated 5.0 across 11 reviews. Schnur's Country Market has the most reviews (115, averaging 4.9).
Gutherie Deer Processing, Welters Meat Shop, Bims Boloney and 5 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. 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.
The services listed most often here are jerky (2 shops), fresh sausage (2 shops), smoked products (2 shops) and bologna. 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.
Cowansville is in Armstrong County, in the PGC Southwest Region. Region at a glance: Laurel Highlands farm and ridge country surrounding Pittsburgh, west to the Ohio and West Virginia lines. Other Armstrong County towns with listed processors: Ford City and Kittanning. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.
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.
Donate venison
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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