3 deer and wild game processors in Northampton County, PA. 2 take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations and 0 are PGC-approved CWD cooperators. Sorted by Google rating weighted by review count.
This directory lists 3 deer processors across Northampton County, spread across 3 towns: Bangor, Mt. Bethel and Nazareth. Shops with Google reviews here average 4.9 stars, above the statewide 4.6. The top-ranked shop is Hillside Smokehouse, rated 4.9 across 156 reviews. Nello's Specialty Meats has the most reviews (157, averaging 4.9).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Hillside Smokehouse and Cait's Quality Cuts. None of these shops is on the PGC cooperating processor list. Under the 2026-27 CWD rules you don't need one, since any shop can take your deer as long as high-risk parts go out with the trash. That's 67% of local shops in HSH, against 36% statewide. 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, bologna, jerky and fresh sausage. 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.
Northampton 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 Monroe, Lehigh, Pike and Bucks counties have 18 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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