5 deer and wild game processors in Centre County, PA. 1 takes Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations and 0 are PGC-approved CWD cooperators. Sorted by Google rating weighted by review count.
Centre County has 5 deer processors in this directory, spread across 5 towns: Bellefonte, Howard, Port Matilda, Spring Mills and Warriors Mark. Shops with Google reviews here average 4.5 stars, below the statewide 4.6. Mark's Custom Meats leads the ranking with a 4.9 average from 40 Google reviews.
Hilltop Butchering, LLC takes 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. That's 20% of local shops in HSH, against 36% statewide. No shop here advertises after-hours drop-off, so plan to arrive during business hours or keep the deer cold overnight.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list snack sticks, bologna, jerky and fresh sausage. None of these listings mention bear or elk, so call first if you have one. None of these processors list prices online; most quote a flat base rate plus extras for sausage, sticks and caping.
Centre County is in the PGC's Northcentral Region. Region at a glance: The Pennsylvania Wilds: big woods, State Game Lands and the elk range around Elk, Cameron and Clearfield counties. If every cooler here is full, neighboring Mifflin, Clinton, Huntingdon and Juniata 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.
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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