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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Best Deer Processors in Ford City, PA
The 13 best-rated deer processors in and around Ford City, Armstrong County: 2 in Ford City 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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J&J Smokehouse
★ 4.5 on Google (34 reviews) · 122 Rosston Cir, Ford City, PA 16226
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
CatererFood producer
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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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Gutherie Deer Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (11 reviews) · 168 Gutherie Road, Cowansville, PA 16218
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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McKruit's Custom Meat Cutting
★ 4.7 on Google (41 reviews) · 1011 Bear Creek Road, Cabot, PA 16023
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Custom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerJerkyFresh sausageSmoked products
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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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Myers Meat Shop
★ 5.0 on Google (1 review) · 749 Butler Rd., Kittanning, PA 16201
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Geibel's Butcher Shop
★ 4.9 on Google (11 reviews) · 144 Geibel Rd, Fenelton, PA 16034
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G Karas Meat Packing
★ 4.7 on Google (51 reviews) · 606 Story Rd, Export, PA 15632
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Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealingJerky
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Cunningham Meats
★ 4.6 on Google (181 reviews) · 81 Cunningham Rd, Indiana, PA 15701
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerSnack sticksJerky
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Paul Pollick's Whitetail Deer Lures
★ 4.6 on Google (14 reviews) · 4940 Garvers Ferry Rd, New Kensington, PA 15068
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Bear processingElk processingBeef / pork custom butcheringRetail meat counterCWD testing / DMA deer accepted
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Graham's Custom Butchering
No Google reviews yet · 12876 State Rt. 422, Kittanning, PA 16201
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Wright's Deer Processing
★ 3.6 on Google (19 reviews) · 136 Wiley Rd, Saxonburg, PA 16056
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What to know about Ford City deer processors
Ford City has 2 listed deer processors of its own, and this page adds 11 nearby options within roughly 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Kittanning (6 mi), New Kensington (10 mi), Cabot (11 mi) and Butler (15 mi). The top-ranked shop is Toy's Deer Processing, rated 4.2 across 34 reviews. Cunningham Meats has the most reviews (181, averaging 4.6).
Toy's Deer Processing, Welters Meat Shop, Gutherie Deer Processing and 3 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 (4 shops), fresh sausage (4 shops), smoked products (4 shops) and boneless cuts (3 shops). Beyond deer, you can bring bear (Paul Pollick's Whitetail Deer Lures) and elk (Paul Pollick's Whitetail Deer Lures). Pricing isn't posted for these shops. Ask for the base rate, then skinning, caping and specialty product charges.
Ford City sits in Armstrong County, part of 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. Other Armstrong County towns with listed processors: Cowansville 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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