Best Deer Processors in Kutztown, PA
The 9 best-rated deer processors in and around Kutztown, Berks County: 1 in Kutztown 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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Frable’s Deer Processing
Christman's Meats & Deli
Waterman Meat Market
Dietrich's Meats & Country Store
Stephen G Manieri Meats
Back Home Butcher Shop and Country Store
Gehris Quality Meats
Spring Valley Meats
Deer processing in and around Kutztown
Hunters around Kutztown have 1 processor in town and 8 more shops within about 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Topton (1 mi), Lenhartsville (6 mi), Hereford (10 mi) and Oley (10 mi). 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).
Mark Martin Meats, Frable’s Deer Processing and Spring Valley Meats take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. None of these shops is on the PGC cooperating processor list. Under the 2026-27 CWD rules you don't need one, since any shop can take your deer as long as high-risk parts go out with the trash. For late drags out of the woods, Back Home Butcher Shop and Country Store offers after-hours or 24/7 drop-off.
Specialty work advertised by shops on this list: smoked products (3 shops), jerky (2 shops), fresh sausage (2 shops) and boneless cuts (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.
Kutztown sits in Berks County, part of 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. Other Berks County towns with listed processors: Bechtelsville, Hereford, Lenhartsville, Myerstown, Newmanstown and 4 more. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.
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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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