Millwood Custom Butchering
No Google reviews yet · 274 Cut Rd, Gap, PA 17527
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Gap, PA
The 15 best-rated deer processors in and around Gap, Lancaster County: 1 in Gap 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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Countryside Butchering
★ 5.0 on Google (25 reviews) · 269 Long Lane, Honey Brook, PA 19344
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Clarkco Meats
★ 4.9 on Google (51 reviews) · 3312 Limestone Road, Cochranville, PA 19330
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Custom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerSnack sticksJerkyFresh sausage
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J Mark Martin Custom Butchering
★ 5.0 on Google (28 reviews) · 741 Red Run Rd, New Holland, PA 17557
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Fisher's Butcher Shop
★ 5.0 on Google (22 reviews) · 48 Furnace Road, Quarryville, PA 17566
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
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Noble Rd Butcher Shop
★ 4.9 on Google (33 reviews) · 1553 Noble Rd, Kirkwood, PA 17536
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Martin's Custom Butchering
★ 4.7 on Google (155 reviews) · 405 Reidenbach Rd, New Holland, PA 17557
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Meat products store
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Smoker's Butchering LLC
★ 4.7 on Google (68 reviews) · 12 Old Leacock Road, Ronks, PA 17572
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Lapp's Meat Shop
★ 4.9 on Google (19 reviews) · 927 Little Britain Rd. N, Quarryville, PA 17566
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Sandy Hill Butchering
★ 4.8 on Google (11 reviews) · 470 Compass Rd, Parkesburg, PA 19365
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Zimmerman's Custom Butchering
★ 4.8 on Google (29 reviews) · 418 Royer Rd, Lititz, PA 17543
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Hostetter Custom Butcher Shop
★ 5.0 on Google (18 reviews) · 1473 Bowmansville Rd, Mohnton, PA 19540
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Narvon Butchering LLC
★ 5.0 on Google (10 reviews) · 722 Gault Rd, Narvon, PA 17555
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Rocky Ridge Meats
★ 4.5 on Google (64 reviews) · 245 Hartman Bridge Rd., Ronks, PA 17572
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Gourmet grocery storeMeat products store
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Harmony Ridge Butcher Shop
★ 4.9 on Google (18 reviews) · 1560 Furniss Rd, Drumore, PA 17518
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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What to know about Gap deer processors
There is 1 processor in Gap itself, plus 14 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Narvon (4 mi), Parkesburg (5 mi), Ronks (6 mi) and New Holland (7 mi). The top-ranked shop is Countryside Butchering, rated 5.0 across 25 reviews. Martin's Custom Butchering has the most reviews (155, averaging 4.7).
Countryside Butchering, Clarkco Meats, Fisher's Butcher Shop and 4 more take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Countryside Butchering, Clarkco Meats, J Mark Martin Custom Butchering and 5 more. None of these processors list a 24/7 drop-off. If you hunt until dark, call ahead about late intake or keep the deer iced.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list snack sticks, jerky, fresh sausage and smoked products. Bear and elk aren't mentioned in these listings; call ahead to confirm a shop will take one. None of these processors list prices online; most quote a flat base rate plus extras for sausage, sticks and caping.
Gap sits in Lancaster County, part of 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. Other Lancaster County towns with listed processors: Columbia, Drumore, East Earl, Elizabethtown, Holtwood and 11 more. Rifle season fills coolers fast on opening weekend, so call before you head out.
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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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