Best Deer Processors in Charleroi, PA
The 15 best-rated deer processors in and around Charleroi, Washington County: 1 in Charleroi 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
processors
Sutch & Sons
Espey's Meat Market
Cheplic Meat Processing
George's Wild Game Processing
Eighty Four Packing Co Inc
Virgili Custom Meat
Shuba's Processing
Dave's Butcher Supply
Williams Processing LLC.
B & R Wild Game Processing
Rosensteel's Deer Processing
Fritz's Custom Cutting
Harpers' Country Meats
Bobeck's Deer Processing
What to know about Charleroi deer processors
Hunters around Charleroi have 1 processor in town and 14 more shops within about 20 miles. The nearby shops are in Daisytown (4 mi), Belle Vernon (4 mi), Monongahela (5 mi) and Finleyville (9 mi). The top-ranked shop is Sutch & Sons, rated 5.0 across 23 reviews. Cheplic Meat Processing has the most reviews (467, averaging 4.8).
Sutch & Sons, Espey's Meat Market, George's Wild Game Processing and 3 more take Hunters Sharing the Harvest donations. PGC CWD cooperating processors here: George's Wild Game Processing, Shuba's Processing and Fritz's Custom Cutting. 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.
Specialty work advertised by shops on this list: fresh sausage (2 shops), snack sticks, bologna and jerky. 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.
Charleroi sits in Washington County, part of the PGC's Southwest Region. Region at a glance: Laurel Highlands farm and ridge country surrounding Pittsburgh, west to the Ohio and West Virginia lines. Other Washington County towns with listed processors: Daisytown, Eighty Four, Finleyville, Monongahela and Washington. 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.
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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