22 deer and wild game processors in Lancaster County, PA. 8 take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations and 9 are PGC-approved CWD cooperators. Sorted by Google rating weighted by review count.
This directory lists 22 deer processors across Lancaster County, spread across 17 towns: Columbia, Drumore, East Earl, Elizabethtown, Gap, Holtwood and 11 more. Shops with Google reviews here average 4.7 stars, in line with the statewide 4.6. The top-ranked shop is J Mark Martin Custom Butchering, rated 5.0 across 28 reviews. Martin's Custom Butchering has the most reviews (155, averaging 4.7).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Fisher's Butcher Shop, Lapp's Meat Shop, Smoker's Butchering LLC and 5 more. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: J Mark Martin Custom Butchering, Zimmerman's Custom Butchering, Martin's Custom Butchering and 6 more. That's 36% of local shops in HSH, against 36% statewide. After-hours drop-off is available at Mountain Meadows Butchering LLC.
Specialty work advertised by shops on this list: snack sticks (2 shops), bologna (2 shops), jerky (2 shops) and smoked products (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.
Lancaster County is in the PGC's Southeast Region. Region at a glance: Lancaster, Berks and the Philadelphia suburbs, where special-regulation areas and farmland deer keep processors busy. If every cooler here is full, neighboring Lebanon, Chester, York and Berks counties have 37 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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