Meat Processors in Highland County, Ohio

Highland County offers good timber and rolling farmland that consistently produces heavy deer. When you get a buck down near Hillsboro or Leesburg, you need a shop that can handle the volume during the peak of the rut or the opening weekend of gun season. Getting your meat out of the field and into a cooler quickly is the best way to ensure the quality of your venison.

There are currently two established processors serving this area, including Everhart's Deer Processing in Leesburg. These shops provide standard butchering, vacuum sealing, and specialty grinds to help you stock the freezer. Whether you are hunting local private ground or nearby public tracts, these locations are positioned to handle your harvest.

2 meat processors in Highland County

Serving Hillsboro, Leesburg.

Everhart's Deer Processing

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Leesburg, OH

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Hunters Edge Deer Processing

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Hillsboro, OH

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Using meat processors in Highland County

A processor skins, quarters, ages, cuts and packages your animal, and can turn trim into sausage, snack sticks or jerky. Many shops post cut sheets in advance and cap how many animals they take per day during peak weeks.

What to ask before you commit

Are you accepting deer right now, and is there a daily cap?
Do I get my own animal back, or is trim pooled?
What is the base price and what do specialty products cost per pound?
Do you have after-hours drop-off, and does the animal need to be field dressed?
How long until pickup, and how is the meat packaged?

What it usually costs

Basic cut-and-wrap is often a flat fee per animal, with sausage, sticks and jerky charged per pound on top. Specialty products regularly cost more than the base processing itself.

Timing matters

Warm weather is the enemy. Field dress immediately, keep the carcass shaded and open to airflow, and get it to the processor the same day when temperatures are above the 40s.

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