10 deer and wild game processors in Berks County, PA. 3 take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations and 3 are PGC-approved CWD cooperators. Sorted by Google rating weighted by review count.
Berks County has 10 deer processors in this directory, spread across 10 towns: Bechtelsville, Hereford, Kutztown, Lenhartsville, Myerstown, Newmanstown and 4 more. Shops with Google reviews here average 4.7 stars, in line with the statewide 4.6. Mark Martin Meats leads the ranking with a 4.9 average from 123 Google reviews. Dietrich's Meats & Country Store has the most reviews (870, averaging 4.6).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Mark Martin Meats, Sadler's Custom Butchering and Twin Pines Custom Meats. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Sadler's Custom Butchering, Twin Pines Custom Meats and C S Rolinski Game Processing. That's 30% of local shops in HSH, against 36% statewide. For late drags out of the woods, Twin Pines Custom Meats offers after-hours or 24/7 drop-off.
Specialty work advertised by shops on this list: smoked products (3 shops), bologna (2 shops), jerky (2 shops) and fresh sausage (2 shops). None of these listings mention bear or elk, so call first if you have one. No shop here publishes a base price online, so ask for the standard deer rate and any add-ons when you call.
Berks County is in the PGC's Southeast Region. Region at a glance: Lancaster, Berks and the Philadelphia suburbs, where special-regulation areas and farmland deer keep processors busy. If every cooler here is full, neighboring Schuylkill, Montgomery, Lebanon and Lehigh counties have 14 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.
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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