Simanski's Deer Cutting
No Google reviews yet · 99 Sumner St, Cresson, PA 16630
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Cresson, PA
The 8 best-rated deer processors in and around Cresson, Cambria County: 1 in Cresson 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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Frederick's Meat Market
★ 4.9 on Google (91 reviews) · 1077 E Main St, Roaring Spring, PA 16673
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerSnack sticksJerky
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Holland Brothers Meats
★ 4.8 on Google (222 reviews) · 16627 Dunnings Hwy, Duncansville, PA 16635
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapVacuum sealingSnack sticksJerky
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Gearhart's Meats and Country Store
★ 4.7 on Google (129 reviews) · 1229 Turkey Valley Rd, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor✓After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Ground venison / burgerJerkySmoked productsBacon / ham styleBeef / pork custom butchering
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Country Smokehouse
★ 4.6 on Google (32 reviews) · 507 Eastep Rd, Williamsburg, PA 16693
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
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Fordick Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 168 Twin Lakes Rd, Portage, PA 15946
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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K&G Deer Processing
★ 2.3 on Google (3 reviews) · 393 Tanner St., Ebensburg, PA 15931
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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McCready's Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 126 McCready Ln, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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What to know about Cresson deer processors
Hunters around Cresson have 1 processor in town and 7 more shops within about 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Portage (6 mi), Ebensburg (7 mi), Duncansville (9 mi) and Hollidaysburg (12 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).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use K&G Deer Processing. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Simanski's Deer Cutting. 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.
Cresson sits in Cambria County, part of the PGC's Southwest Region. Region at a glance: Laurel Highlands farm and ridge country surrounding Pittsburgh, west to the Ohio and West Virginia lines. Other Cambria County towns with listed processors: Ebensburg and Portage. 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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