Bare Bones BBQ & Deer Processing
No Google reviews yet · 521 Cotts Rd., Forksville, PA 18616
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Best Deer Processors in Forksville, PA
The 4 best-rated deer processors in and around Forksville, Sullivan County: 1 in Forksville 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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BJ's Deer Cutting
★ 5.0 on Google (3 reviews) · 4518 State Route 154, Canton, PA 17724
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Marks' Butcher Shop LLC
★ 5.0 on Google (2 reviews) · 774 Dr Poust Rd, Hughesville, PA 17737
–Hunters Sharing the Harvest–PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Gibson's Custom Butchering
No Google reviews yet · 6191 Beaver Lake Road, Hughesville, PA 17737
✓Hunters Sharing the Harvest✓PGC CWD cooperating processor–After-hours drop-off–Website or Facebook
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Getting a deer processed near Forksville
Forksville has 1 listed deer processor of its own, and this page adds 3 nearby options within roughly 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Canton (11 mi) and Hughesville (16 mi). Few of these shops have Google reviews yet, so ask other hunters at camp or call and ask about turnaround.
Bare Bones BBQ & Deer Processing, BJ's Deer Cutting and Gibson's Custom Butchering take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. Gibson's Custom Butchering is on the Game Commission's CWD cooperating processor list, approved for proper disposal of high-risk parts. 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.
Forksville sits in Sullivan County, part of the PGC's Northeast Region. Region at a glance: The Poconos and Endless Mountains, from the Lehigh Valley north to the New York line. 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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