Best Deer Processors in Lebanon, PA
The 15 best-rated deer processors in and around Lebanon, Lebanon County: 1 in Lebanon 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
processors
M.E. Bell, Inc.
Sadler's Custom Butchering
Bur-Pak Family Foods
Zimmerman's Custom Butchering
Lighthouse Meats
Sensenig's Deer Processing And Market
Conoy Custom Cuts Butcher Shop
Horst Butcher Shop llc
Mountain Meadows Butchering LLC
Kings Butcher Shop
Smuckers Meat
Brown's Deer Processing
Wantz Butcher Shop
Twin Pines Custom Meats
Getting a deer processed near Lebanon
Hunters around Lebanon have 1 processor in town and 14 more shops within about 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Manheim (6 mi), Myerstown (7 mi), Newmanstown (12 mi) and Grantville (12 mi). Ebersole Custom Processing leads the ranking with a 4.0 average from 37 Google reviews. Bur-Pak Family Foods has the most reviews (91, averaging 4.7).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Sadler's Custom Butchering and Twin Pines Custom Meats. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: M.E. Bell, Inc., Sadler's Custom Butchering, Bur-Pak Family Foods and 2 more. For late drags out of the woods, Mountain Meadows Butchering LLC and Twin Pines Custom Meats offer after-hours or 24/7 drop-off.
Specialty work advertised by shops on this list: jerky (5 shops), smoked products (5 shops), bologna (4 shops) and fresh sausage (4 shops). Beyond deer, you can bring bear (Bur-Pak Family Foods). No shop here publishes a base price online, so ask for the standard deer rate and any add-ons when you call.
Lebanon sits in Lebanon 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 Lebanon County towns with listed processors: Jonestown and Myerstown. 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.
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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