Deer Processors in Blair County, PA
6 deer and wild game processors in Blair County, PA. 0 take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations and 0 are PGC-approved CWD cooperators. Sorted by Google rating weighted by review count.
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Holland Brothers Meats
Gearhart's Meats and Country Store
Country Smokehouse
Caldwell's Deer Processing
McCready's Deer Processing
Deer processing in Blair County
Blair County has 6 deer processors in this directory, spread across 5 towns: Duncansville, East Freedom, Hollidaysburg, Roaring Spring and Williamsburg. Shops with Google reviews here average 4.8 stars, above the statewide 4.6. Frederick's Meat Market leads the ranking with a 4.9 average from 91 Google reviews. Holland Brothers Meats has the most reviews (222, averaging 4.8).
No Hunters Sharing the Harvest partner is listed in Blair County; the statewide HSH list shows the closest options. 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, Gearhart's Meats and Country Store offers after-hours or 24/7 drop-off.
The services listed most often here are jerky (3 shops), smoked products (3 shops), snack sticks (2 shops) and bologna (2 shops). None of these listings mention bear or elk, so call first if you have one. Pricing isn't posted for these shops. Ask for the base rate, then skinning, caping and specialty product charges.
Blair County is in the PGC's Southcentral Region. Region at a glance: Ridge-and-valley country from Harrisburg out to Bedford and Fulton, plus Michaux and Tuscarora forest land. If every cooler here is full, neighboring Cambria, Huntingdon, Somerset and Bedford counties have 12 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.
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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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