Virginia Meat Processor Recommendations

[Traveler]

I am recently arrived to Virginia and looking for a good wild game processor. I will have deer from VA and deer/elk from out of state (hopefully). Anyone have good game processors they recommend in the northern third if VA? Anywhere from Staunton to Mannassas is fine. Thanks in advance!

 

[kcormack]

Byler Custom Meats. Hans Byler , best processor I have ever dealt with. Highly recommend - Byler Burger on your processing order, Fantastic !!
Byler Custom Meats is also part of the "Hunters for the Hungry" deer donation program.
Located west of I-84 @ New Market,,
Hans Byler 6189 Orchard Dr. ( Rt 881) Timberville / Broadway, Va.. 540-820-2086

 

[Traveler]

Byler Custom Meats. Hans Byler , best processor I have ever dealt with. Highly recommend - Byler Burger on your processing order, Fantastic !!
Byler Custom Meats is also part of the "Hunters for the Hungry" deer donation program.
Located west of I-84 @ New Market,,
Hans Byler 6189 Orchard Dr. ( Rt 881) Timberville / Broadway, Va.. 540-820-2086

Thanks for the recommendation!

 

[pjh360]

Local sporting good shop in the Fishersville/Stuart’s Draft area has these recommendations.

DEER PROCESSING | Dominion Outdoors

www.dominionoutdoors.com

 

[hntr]

Do it yourself! After paying the processor a few times you could buy what you need. Processers are too hit or miss, plus there is no guarantee you are getting your meat back or if it was even taken care of well.

 

[Billy Goat]

Red banks custom meats.



Paul does a good job. We take him deboned elk and deer. The deer we get further processing done to, hotdogs,snack sticks, chipped.

Mennonite, so leave him alone on Sunday, he gets pretty busy too. We store all the deboned meat til he has time to do it for us.

 

[BowTrout]

Red banks is good and makes great deer sticks and chipped deer for gravy. Charlie Martin is good also and makes great deer bologna.

 

[gargra03]

I have used Gadells Processing in Catlett pretty regularly and Hidden Pines in the Madison VA area with good results.

 

[Virginia Woodsman]

Gadells is good. Just avoid Linthicum custom slaughtering.

 

[gargra03]

Agreed ...

 

[chanson_roland]

A little further north, but you can also try Mark Leigh in Hamilton. Right outside Leesburg off Rte. 7
Mark's Butcher Shop, 16721 Aunt Lonas Ln, Hamilton, VA 20158
$110 for Standard cuts. I just picked up a buck with a 4-day turnaround.
He also processes free for Hunters for the Hungry.
(540) 454-4470

 

[Traveler]

Red banks custom meats.

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Paul does a good job. We take him deboned elk and deer. The deer we get further processing done to, hotdogs,snack sticks, chipped.

Mennonite, so leave him alone on Sunday, he gets pretty busy too. We store all the deboned meat til he has time to do it for us.

Thanks for the recco Billy Goat. For some reason my alerts weren’t on or I would’ve responded sooner. This is pretty close to one of the areas I’m hunting.

 

[Traveler]

Do it yourself! After paying the processor a few times you could buy what you need. Processers are too hit or miss, plus there is no guarantee you are getting your meat back or if it was even taken care of well.

I did get backstrap steak back once from a processor even though I kept those for myself… Used to do own years ago, need to get setup in place again.

 

[Traveler]

Gadells is good. Just avoid Linthicum custom slaughtering.

Thanks for the reccos

 

[Traveler]

A little further north, but you can also try Mark Leigh in Hamilton. Right outside Leesburg off Rte. 7
Mark's Butcher Shop, 16721 Aunt Lonas Ln, Hamilton, VA 20158
$110 for Standard cuts. I just picked up a buck with a 4-day turnaround.
He also processes free for Hunters for the Hungry.
(540) 454-4470

Thanks chanson. Nice thing about VA is if I can find the deer I can take enough to try out several places

 

[doc holiday13]

A little further north, but you can also try Mark Leigh in Hamilton. Right outside Leesburg off Rte. 7
Mark's Butcher Shop, 16721 Aunt Lonas Ln, Hamilton, VA 20158
$110 for Standard cuts. I just picked up a buck with a 4-day turnaround.
He also processes free for Hunters for the Hungry.
(540) 454-4470

I use this guy when my schedule is too full to break down a deer

 

[chanson_roland]

Also, check with the bow shop at Cabelas in Gainesville. Word has it that some of those guys process privately for customers.