Gross's Butchering
★ 5.0 on Google (10 reviews) · 1060 Upper Powys Rd., Cogan Station, PA 17728
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Best Deer Processors in Cogan Station, PA
The 4 best-rated deer processors in and around Cogan Station, Lycoming County: 1 in Cogan Station 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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Stoltzfus Family Butcher Shop
No Google reviews yet · 527 Ireland Rd, Allenwood, PA 17810
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Frank And April
No Google reviews yet · 174 White Deer Ave, Allenwood, PA 17810
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Thompson's Packing Co
★ 3.2 on Google (24 reviews) · 400 Allegheny St, Jersey Shore, PA 17740
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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What to know about Cogan Station deer processors
Cogan Station has 1 listed deer processor of its own, and this page adds 3 nearby options within roughly 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Jersey Shore (14 mi) and Allenwood (16 mi). The top-ranked shop is Gross's Butchering, rated 5.0 across 10 reviews. Thompson's Packing Co has the most reviews (24, averaging 3.2).
Gross's Butchering and Stoltzfus Family Butcher Shop take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Frank And April. 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.
Service details aren't published for these shops yet. Call to ask about specialty products and packaging before you drop off. Bear and elk aren't mentioned in these listings; call ahead to confirm a shop will take one. Pricing isn't posted for these shops. Ask for the base rate, then skinning, caping and specialty product charges.
Cogan Station sits in Lycoming 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 Lycoming County towns with listed processors: Allenwood, Hughesville and Jersey Shore. 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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