Baker's Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 2382 Route 446, Eldred, PA 16731
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Eldred, PA
The 3 best-rated deer processors in and around Eldred, McKean County: 1 in Eldred 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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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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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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What to know about Eldred deer processors
Hunters around Eldred have 1 processor in town and 2 more shops within about 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Emporium (27 mi) and Saint Marys (34 mi). The top-ranked shop is Valley Meats, rated 5.0 across 14 reviews. Clyde's Quality Meats And Catering has the most reviews (38, averaging 4.8).
Valley Meats takes Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: Baker's Deer Processing and Clyde's Quality Meats And Catering. 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. No shop here publishes a base price online, so ask for the standard deer rate and any add-ons when you call.
Eldred is in McKean County, in the PGC Northcentral Region. Region at a glance: The Pennsylvania Wilds: big woods, State Game Lands and the elk range around Elk, Cameron and Clearfield counties. 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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