Available Butchers Hard to Find as Processors Struggle to Keep Up with Deer Season Demand

Donald Bobeck knows how busy his butcher shop will be when Pennsylvania’s statewide rifle deer season opens Nov. 26, and he’s preparing for the physical toll.

“I’m already geared up, that I won’t be sleeping much for a couple of weeks,” said Bobeck, who owns Bobeck’s Deer Processing in Monongahela, Washington County.

There are several reasons why Bobeck and other deer processors will be working nonstop when the season opens.

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