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Smith’s Custom Meats & Retail
★ 4.9 on Google (7 reviews) · 125 Topper Rd, Hyndman, PA 15545
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Hyndman, PA
The 7 best-rated deer processors in and around Hyndman, Bedford County: 1 in Hyndman 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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Younker's Meat Market
★ 4.8 on Google (88 reviews) · 1141 Tollgate Ridge Rd, Mercersburg, PA 17236
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Custom cuts / cut & wrapFresh sausageSmoked productsBacon / ham styleBeef / pork custom butchering
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Thomas Smoked Meats LLC
★ 4.4 on Google (48 reviews) · 305 Fernwood Drive, Johnstown, PA 15905
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealingJerky
BASE PROCESSING$120.00
Clouse's Custom Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (2 reviews) · 640 Muley Ln, New Enterprise, PA 16664
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Woodside Custom Slaughtering And Processing
No Google reviews yet · 141 Bennett Ln, Clearville, PA 15535
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Buck Ridge Butcher Shop
No Google reviews yet · 2794 Great Cove Rd, Warfordsburg, PA 17267
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Alvin Eshleman (custom butchering)
No Google reviews yet · 1431 Imlertown Rd, Bedford, PA 15522
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Deer processing in and around Hyndman
Hyndman has 1 listed deer processor of its own, and this page adds 6 nearby options within roughly 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Clearville (12 mi), Bedford (20 mi), Warfordsburg (28 mi) and New Enterprise (28 mi). Smith’s Custom Meats & Retail leads the ranking with a 4.9 average from 7 Google reviews. Younker's Meat Market has the most reviews (88, averaging 4.8).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Thomas Smoked Meats LLC and Buck Ridge Butcher Shop. Younker's Meat Market, Thomas Smoked Meats LLC and Woodside Custom Slaughtering And Processing are on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. No shop here advertises after-hours drop-off, so plan to arrive during business hours or keep the deer cold overnight.
The services listed most often here are fresh sausage (2 shops), smoked products (2 shops), bologna and jerky. Beyond deer, you can bring elk (Thomas Smoked Meats LLC). Thomas Smoked Meats LLC publishes a base processing price of $120.00; the rest quote by phone.
Hyndman is in Bedford County, in the PGC Southcentral Region. Region at a glance: Ridge-and-valley country from Harrisburg out to Bedford and Fulton, plus Michaux and Tuscarora forest land. Other Bedford County towns with listed processors: Bedford, Clearville and New Enterprise. 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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