Country Kettle
No Google reviews yet · 227 Mountain Rd., Tamaqua, PA 18252
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Tamaqua, PA
The 6 best-rated deer processors in and around Tamaqua, Schuylkill County: 1 in Tamaqua 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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Summer Hill Meats
★ 5.0 on Google (56 reviews) · 1297 Summer Hill Rd, Auburn, PA 17922
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerSnack sticksBologna / Lebanon bologna
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Country Butcher Shop
★ 4.8 on Google (31 reviews) · 220 Oak Road, Drums, PA 18222
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Mease Meats Retail Store
★ 5.0 on Google (22 reviews) · 1263 Long Run Rd, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
SkinningCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerSnack sticksJerky
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Dietrich's Meats & Country Store
★ 4.6 on Google (870 reviews) · 660 Old U.S. 22, Lenhartsville, PA 19534
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off✓Website or Facebook
Boneless cutsCustom cuts / cut & wrapGround venison / burgerJerkyBologna / Lebanon bologna
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Beers and Deers Butcher Shop
★ 5.0 on Google (2 reviews) · 108 W Hollow Rd, Nescopeck, PA 18635
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Deer processing in and around Tamaqua
There is 1 processor in Tamaqua itself, plus 5 shops a short drive away. The nearby shops are in Auburn (15 mi), Schuylkill Haven (17 mi), Lenhartsville (17 mi) and Drums (19 mi). Summer Hill Meats leads the ranking with a 5.0 average from 56 Google reviews. Dietrich's Meats & Country Store has the most reviews (870, averaging 4.6).
To donate venison through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, use Country Kettle and Country Butcher Shop. Country Butcher Shop is on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. No shop here advertises after-hours drop-off, so plan to arrive during business hours or keep the deer cold overnight.
If you want more than steaks and burger, the shops here list fresh sausage (3 shops), snack sticks (2 shops), bologna (2 shops) and jerky (2 shops). None of these listings mention bear or elk, so call first if you have one. None of these processors list prices online; most quote a flat base rate plus extras for sausage, sticks and caping.
Tamaqua is in Schuylkill County, in the PGC Southeast Region. Region at a glance: Lancaster, Berks and the Philadelphia suburbs, where special-regulation areas and farmland deer keep processors busy. Other Schuylkill County towns with listed processors: Auburn, Hegins, Pine Grove and Schuylkill Haven. 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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