CWD testing and venison donation in Pennsylvania

• “Carefully Field-Dress, Legally-Tag and Report Your Deer Harvest” source
• “Take the Whole Deer to Any HSH Processor Near Where You Hunt or Live” source
• “There is no fee to donate a deer” source
• “sign a deer donor receipt provided by the butcher” source
• “we recommend calling your local participating processor before taking your deer there” source
• “Not accepting deer from CWD disease management areas (DMAs)” source

CWD: Some participating processors are marked as not accepting deer from CWD Disease Management Areas (DMAs), so hunters in a DMA need to check the processor list first.

• “Donate deer, elk, or livestock at our participating butchers!” source
• “We recommend contacting butchers ahead of time to confirm current participation” source
• “all processing costs are paid for by the program depending on available funding” source

• “Game must be legally harvested” source
• “All game must be field dressed” source
• “must be legally tagged, and donated in the state it was taken in” source
• “Roadkill, no matter what state, is not accepted.” source
• “Typically state programs cover the cost of processing” source