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Deer Processors across New York
Browse 142 processors region by region and county by county, or cut the page down by name, town or county.
Photo: ShenandoahNPS (Public domain)
Donated venison, tags and carcass rules
A venison donation of a dollar or more can be added when you buy a license, and the processors tagged here take donated deer. Keep the tag with the meat and report the deer before you drop it off.
130 processors here are on the 2026 DEC list of deer and bear processors, which carries only processors who agreed to be listed, and 55 of them accept donated venison; both are tagged on their cards.
Tag and report first
Paper tags: fill out immediately, attach at camp/home/vehicle, report within 48 hours. E-tags: report immediately in HuntFishNY. Report by phone 1-866-426-3778, online or app.
Transport and processors
Tagged deer may be carried inside or outside vehicles; quartering allowed with tag retained; additional tags when someone else transports.
Out-of-state deer
Hunters may not bring whole carcasses or intact heads of deer, elk, moose or caribou taken anywhere outside New York into the state. Allowed: deboned meat, cleaned skull caps, antlers with no flesh, raw or processed capes/hides, cleaned teeth or lower jaw, finished taxidermy. Pass-through allowed if no parts are left in NY.
Meat processors
8 shops come from meat-processing listings that say nothing about venison; their cards say to phone first.
Sources: DEC processor list; tagging and reporting; big game hunting; CWD rules, checked October 27, 2026.
Region 1, Long Island: 6 processors
Suffolk County (6)
Region 3, the lower Hudson Valley: 16 processors
Sullivan County (5)
Region 4, the Capital District and northern Catskills: 19 processors
Schoharie County (5)
Region 5, the eastern Adirondacks and Lake Champlain: 6 processors
Region 6, the western Adirondacks, Tug Hill and the St. Lawrence Valley: 9 processors
Region 7, central New York: 26 processors
Oswego County (5)
Tioga County (6)
Region 8, the western Finger Lakes and Genesee Valley: 44 processors
Orleans County (5)
Steuben County (14)
Region 9, western New York: 16 processors
Processors from the DEC list of deer and bear processors (2026), the DEC bear cooperator list and Yellow Pages meat-processing pages, checked October 27, 2026.
Mapping New York processors
Mapped at a street point: 132 of 142 processors. 3 more sit at the centre of their town because the geocoder could not match the street address.
About this list of New York processors
Which DEC region has the most processors?
44 in Region 8, 26 in Region 7, 19 in Region 4, 16 in Region 9, 16 in Region 3, 9 in Region 6, 6 in Region 5 and 6 in Region 1.
What sources feed the processors list?
Processors from the DEC list of deer and bear processors (2026), the DEC bear cooperator list and Yellow Pages meat-processing pages, checked October 27, 2026.
Do all processors have a location?
132 listings carry a point of their own; 3 sit at a town centre; 7 have no pin and appear only under their county.
Where are the gaps in processors?
None turned up in Bronx County, Essex County, Franklin County, Genesee County, Hamilton County, Kings County, Nassau County, New York County, Putnam County, Queens County, Richmond County, Rockland County, Saratoga County, Tompkins County and Warren County; try a neighbouring county.
Which New York processors take donated venison?
55 processors on the DEC list say they accept donated venison; they are tagged on their cards. Call ahead before a drop-off.
Why do a few New York processor cards say to call first?
Those 8 shops come only from meat-processing listings that never mention deer, so ask whether they take venison.
How many processors are here?
142 across 47 counties.
Which county has the most processors?
Steuben County (14), Suffolk County (6) and Tioga County (6).
Beyond the processors list
Other photos on this page: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Midwest Region (Public domain); fishhawk (CC BY 2.0); fishhawk (CC BY 2.0); YellowstoneNPS (Public domain); DaPuglet (CC BY-SA 2.0).