Smoke House DP
No Google reviews yet · 375 W. Theresia Rd., St. Marys, PA 15857
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in St. Marys, PA
The 4 best-rated deer processors in and around St. Marys, Elk County: 1 in St. Marys 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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Clyde's Quality Meats And Catering
★ 4.8 on Google (38 reviews) · 463 Chestnut St, Saint Marys, PA 15857
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
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Valley Meats
★ 5.0 on Google (14 reviews) · 690 Rich Valley Road, Emporium, PA 15834
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Meidi's Meat Processing
No Google reviews yet · 2678 Montmorenci Rd, Ridgway, PA 15853
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Deer processing in and around St. Marys
There is 1 processor in St. Marys itself, plus 3 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Saint Marys (2 mi), Ridgway (10 mi) and Emporium (18 mi). Clyde's Quality Meats And Catering leads the ranking with a 4.8 average from 38 Google reviews.
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Smoke House DP and Valley Meats. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Smoke House DP and Clyde's Quality Meats And Catering. No shop here advertises after-hours drop-off, so plan to arrive during business hours or keep the deer cold overnight.
None of these shops publish a full service list online, so ask about snack sticks, bologna and vacuum sealing when you call. 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.
St. Marys sits in Elk County, part of 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. Other Elk County towns with listed processors: Ridgway and Saint Marys. 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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