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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Best Deer Processors in Portage, PA
The 9 best-rated deer processors in and around Portage, Cambria County: 1 in Portage 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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Thomas Smoked Meats LLC
★ 4.4 on Google (48 reviews) · 305 Fernwood Drive, Johnstown, PA 15905
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerVacuum sealingJerky
BASE PROCESSING$120.00
Clouse's Custom Processing
★ 5.0 on Google (2 reviews) · 640 Muley Ln, New Enterprise, PA 16664
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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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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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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Deer processing in and around Portage
There is 1 processor in Portage itself, plus 8 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Cresson (6 mi), Ebensburg (6 mi), Duncansville (12 mi) and Hollidaysburg (15 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 Thomas Smoked Meats LLC and K&G Deer Processing. Thomas Smoked Meats LLC and Simanski's Deer Cutting are 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.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list jerky (4 shops), smoked products (4 shops), bologna (3 shops) and fresh sausage (3 shops). Beyond deer, you can bring elk (Thomas Smoked Meats LLC). Thomas Smoked Meats LLC publishes a base processing price of $120.00; the rest quote by phone.
Portage 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: Cresson and Ebensburg. 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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