Best Deer Processors in Roaring Spring, PA
The 9 best-rated deer processors in and around Roaring Spring, Blair County: 1 in Roaring Spring 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
processors
Holland Brothers Meats
Gearhart's Meats and Country Store
Country Smokehouse
Clouse's Custom Processing
Simanski's Deer Cutting
McCready's Deer Processing
Fordick Deer Processing
Alvin Eshleman (custom butchering)
Getting a deer processed near Roaring Spring
Hunters around Roaring Spring have 1 processor in town and 8 more shops within about 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Duncansville (5 mi), Hollidaysburg (6 mi), Williamsburg (9 mi) and New Enterprise (11 mi). The top-ranked shop is Frederick's Meat Market, rated 4.9 across 91 reviews. Holland Brothers Meats has the most reviews (222, averaging 4.8).
No Hunters Sharing the Harvest partner is listed around Roaring Spring; the statewide HSH list shows the closest options. Simanski's Deer Cutting is on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. After-hours drop-off is available at Gearhart's Meats and Country Store.
Specialty work advertised by shops on this list: jerky (3 shops), smoked products (3 shops), snack sticks (2 shops) and bologna (2 shops). Bear and elk aren't mentioned in these listings; call ahead to confirm a shop will take one. No shop here publishes a base price online, so ask for the standard deer rate and any add-ons when you call.
Roaring Spring sits in Blair County, part of 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. Other Blair County towns with listed processors: Duncansville, East Freedom, Hollidaysburg and Williamsburg. 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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