Northeast Big Bucks - Summer 2022

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NBBC NEW RECORD BOOK—PG 18
Summer 2022
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SUMMER 2022
Magazine On our cover
Jared Peddle’s
2021 MA
FEATURES
Mega-Buck!
Cover Stories
14
Northeast Mega-Buck Winners!
by Jeff Brown
18
NBBC 25th Anniversary Record Book!
by David LeVasseur
20
An Anitcosti Island Giant!
by Andre Beaudry
14
DEPARTMENTS
20
6 D eer Trax / Scores & Stats— 33 M ember Stories
Recent Entries to the NBBC PA: She Just Laughed
by Terry F. Marth
22 F rom the Heart
Ameoba Foundation 34 Member Stories
by David LeVasseur NH: That is NOT a 6-Pointer
by David Fielder
26 M ember Stories
CT: Lucifer is Down 36 Northeast Regional News
by Jon Treudau State by state news stories and
updates
27 Member Stories
by Fred Allard
MA: All of the Above
by James Whitney 39 Membershots
Photos of NBBC Members
29 M ember Stories
NJ: Curley 40 NBBC Marketplace—Books &
by Anthony Kimbrell Products from the NBBC
33 31 M ember Stories 42 ERB Scholarship
MO: A Family Affair
by Julio Medeiros
40
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Deer Trax
Northeast Big Buck Club
Local News Scores & Stats
About Big Bucks
This issue of Deer Trax is jam-packed Summer 2022 Edition
with hundreds of new entries from the
Northeast Big Buck Club! These deer
were all scored during the months of
Scores & Stats Scores & Stats Scores &
February, March and part of April during
some of the shows and events that the
NBBC attended throughout the Northeast. Connecticut
There is a big batch of some great bucks
from 2021, and some good ones from
previous seasons too. We even have several
Gross Net Harvest Harvest
NEW Top-5 All-Time entries in multiple
Score Score Year Cat. Method County Hunter Name Scorer Name
categories! This is typically our biggest
batch of the year, although there will still 163 6/8 158 2021 T Bow Litchfield David Bourret Steve Cowles
be some great bucks scored in April and 156 2/8 151 2/8 2021 N Bow Litchfield Karl Quist Steve Cowles
May before the scoring period officially 155 3/8 147 2/8 2021 N Bow New Haven Thomas J. Buckles Steve Cowles
closes for the NBBC’s 2021 hunting season
151 6/8 145 6/8 2021 T Shed Hartford Trevor Berwick Daniel P. Szostek
Awards. But for now, take a look at what
147 1/8 140 6/8 2020 N Mzldr Litchfield Jonathan Zeiner David Low
has recently been scored, and don’t forget
to check out the special feature articles 145 6/8 141 1/8 Unk. T Acquire New London Albert Potter IV Paul E. Szostek
that show photos and scores from some of 145 138 5/8 2021 T Bow Windham Jon Trudeau John Duquette
the biggest bucks recently scored! And be 141 1/8 134 7/8 2021 N Gun Windham Adam Peltier Johnny Humphries
sure to watch for stories and information
137 2/8 134 2/8 2020 T Gun Windham Louis L. Zompetti Kris Lien
on great bucks from 2021 in the next
136 132 3/8 2021 T Bow Litchfield Keith Saltmarsh Paul E. Szostek
several issues of this magazine, and on our
website at www.bigbuckclub.com. 130 7/8 118 6/8 2021 T Gun Tolland David Buchanan John Duquette
130 1/8 114 4/8 2021 N Bow Hartford Gary Sheperd Daniel P. Szostek
114 7/8 108 2/8 2021 T Bow Middlesex Justin Perez Paul Chapdelaine
Jeff Brown
Bourret, CT, 2021 Quist, CT, 2021
NBBC Writer and Co-Founder
Scores & Stats This is a relatively small but impressive group of good quality bucks, with Connecticut
many of them from the 2021 season. There were more than a dozen bucks
entered to the NBBC records in the last two months, with four of those
scoring above 150” gross. The largest buck taken by a hunter in this batch
Scores & Stats is a listing of bucks
is a fantastic 163 6/8” typical archery buck taken by David Bourret in 2021. The amazing
recently entered to the Northeast Big
11-Point, taken in Litchfield County has a 21 6/8”inside spread and dressed almost 200 lbs!
Buck Club records. In this case, here are
The second largest buck in this batch is a 156 2/8” 10-Point non-typical taken this past season
the scores entered to the NBBC records
in Litchfield County by Karl Quist. Right behind that was another 10-Point non-typical 2021
between 02/01/22 and 4/15/2022. We
archery buck – this one taken by Thomas Buckles in New Haven County, scored 155 3/8”. Be
expect to score nearly 500 deer during
sure to take a look at all the great entries in this issue, and watch for future stories and photos
calendar year 2022, and we are well on
in upcoming issues of this magazine!
our way!
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Scores & Stats Scores & Stats Scores & Deer Trax Deer T
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Gross Net Harvest Harvest
Score Score Year Cat. Method County Hunter Name Scorer Name
201 195 3/8 2021 N Gun Worcester Jared Peddle Lonnie Desmarais
174 5/8 167 4/8 2021 N Bow Worcester Patrick Burns Jeffrey E. Brown There were sixty Massachusetts bucks
entered to the NBBC records in the
171 2/8 165 6/8 2021 N Bow Middlesex Greg White Steve Champa
last two months, with fifteen of those
167 5/8 160 2/8 2021 N Gun Franklin Paul Hicks Paul Chapdelaine
scoring over 150” gross, and one that
164 6/8 161 4/8 2021 N Mzldr Essex Herbert White Jr. Jon Petryk
broke the 200” mark! At the top of
162 5/8 157 2/8 2021 N Mzldr Berkshire Izaak Young Ron Boucher
the list for “hunter harvested” bucks
158 4/8 154 1/8 2020 T Bow Worcester Jake Nahkala Jeffrey E. Brown
is a massive non-typical shotgun
158 4/8 144 4/8 2022 T Acquire Bristol Jacob Santos Daniel Sylvester buck from Worcester County taken
156 4/8 148 6/8 2021 T Gun Bristol William Mitsiopoulos Paul E. Szostek by Jared Peddle. The 201 0/8” non-
155 6/8 155 6/8 2022 T Shed Berkshire Ryan L. Ruef Daniel Sylvester typical 13-Point had a 27 4/8” inside
154 7/8 146 4/8 2020 N Bow Berkshire Ryan L. Ruef Roger Peltier spread! It is featured in our COVER
154 3/8 145 5/8 2021 T Bow Middlesex James Whitney Jeffrey E. Brown story starting on page 14. Right
151 2/8 145 5/8 2021 T Bow Norfolk Jeff Draper Paul E. Szostek behind that giant was our WINTER
2022 COVER buck – Pat Burn’s 174
150 4/8 148 4/8 2022 T Shed Worcester Chad Whitcomb John Duquette
5/8” Worcester County non-typical
150 1/8 142 3/8 2021 N Mzldr Worcester Robert Inangelo Jeffrey E. Brown
17-Point archery monster from
149 4/8 149 4/8 2022 T Shed Worcester Ken Casey Ray Remillard
2021. Next is Greg White’s amazing
148 2/8 145 2020 T Gun Franklin Ron Wetherby Chris Lora
171 2/8” non-typical 13-Point from
147 5/8 144 4/8 2018 T Mzldr Hampshire Tony Wright Tim Phelan
Middlesex County, taken during the
147 4/8 129 3/8 2021 N Shed Worcester Jim Levasseur David Low 2021 archery season. That is followed
147 3/8 144 2/8 2022 T Shed Worcester Jim Levasseur Tyler Piera by three other 2021 bucks scoring
145 2/8 140 1/8 2019 T Bow Norfolk Clint Draper Daniel P. Szostek in the 160’s taken in Franklin, Essex
144 7/8 140 5/8 2019 N Bow Hampshire Shane Frenier Paul Chapdelaine and Berkshire County. This is really
144 1/8 126 4/8 2022 N Shed Essex Jon Petryk David Low an impressive batch of great bucks,
143 6/8 134 6/8 2021 T Bow Middlesex Michael Prest Jim Levasseur so check them all out, and watch
for more news out of this state in
142 6/8 142 6/8 2019 T Shed Worcester Ken Casey Ray Remillard
upcoming issues of this magazine.
142 3/8 134 3/8 2021 T Bow Worcester Gary Watts Lonnie Desmarais
140 6/8 136 2/8 2021 T Mzldr Middlesex Louis L. Zompetti John Duquette
140 1/8 125 3/8 2020 T Mzldr Hampshire Walter Fritz Paul E. Szostek
139 4/8 136 3/8 2020 T Bow Worcester George Hyland Ray Remillard
139 133 1/8 2020 T Gun Berkshire Keegan Reed Paul E. Szostek
137 7/8 133 2/8 2021 T Bow Worcester John Joyce Ray Remillard
Hicks, MA, 2021 Inangelo, MA, 2021
Please note also that we still have some NBBC entries that were received that are “in process” so if you entered one
recently and don’t see your entry in this issue of the magazine, it will be in the next issue.
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Deer Trax Deer Scores & Stats Scores & Stats Scores &
We scored fewer than Gross Net Harvest Harvest
Rhode
half a dozen bucks from Score Score Year Cat. Method County Hunter Name Scorer Name
Island Rhody over the last few 137 5/8 127 3/8 2020 N Bow Worcester Brandon Ashford Jim Levasseur
months. The largest 137 4/8 121 7/8 2020 N Bow Essex Jon Petryk David Low
recently scored buck is
136 6/8 128 2021 T Acquire Berkshire Kyle Sawin Daniel Sylvester
Jasper Coutu’s impressive
136 5/8 129 2021 T Bow Middlesex Marco Zompetti Steve Champa
135 5/8” 8-Point typical that was
136 4/8 133 5/8 2021 T Bow Worcester Paul Asquith John Duquette
arrowed in Washington County last
134 4/8 125 2021 T Bow Worcester David Palubeckis Jeffrey E. Brown
season. Robert O’Hare checked in
133 6/8 130 2018 T Gun Hampshire Aric Lunde Paul Chapdelaine
with a 2021 muzzleloader 8-Point
from Providence County that scored 133 1/8 123 6/8 2021 T Bow Hampden Michael Lannon Steve Cowles
132 6/8” dressed 203 lbs. Next on 132 7/8 127 5/8 2017 N Gun Franklin Tom Cleveland Daniel Sylvester
our list is a really nice archery typical 130 3/8 116 1/8 2022 T Shed Worcester Chad Whitcomb John Duquette
11-Point taken by Ray Masciarelli 130 130 2022 N Shed Worcester Devante Whitcomb John Duquette
Jr. in Washington County last year, 129 1/8 121 2022 T Shed Berkshire Matthew Heppleston Daniel P. Szostek
scoring 131 1/8”. Be sure to check 128 6/8 114 7/8 2021 T Mzldr Berkshire Brandon Langlois James M. Smith, Jr.
out the other entries on the list as
127 1/8 122 4/8 2021 T Bow Hampshire James E. Chicoine Paul Chapdelaine
well. You can bet we will have more
126 2/8 124 4/8 2021 T Bow Middlesex Gary Girouard Kris Lien
news about several outstanding bucks
125 5/8 115 3/8 2019 T Bow Middlesex Michael Prest Steve Champa
coming up in the next issue as well,
124 6/8 122 4/8 2021 T Mzldr Hampshire Paul E. Szostek Daniel P. Szostek
so stay tuned!
124 3/8 115 3/8 2021 T Bow Worcester Brandon Ashford Jim Levasseur
123 7/8 105 2004 T Acquire Hampshire Joseph A. Sanctuary, Jr. Paul Chapdelaine
122 1/8 117 4/8 2021 T Bow Worcester Vahid Mahdavy Paul E. Szostek
121 3/8 117 4/8 2020 T Bow Middlesex David J. Micu Ray Remillard
121 1/8 117 3/8 2021 T Mzldr Franklin Bob Bainbridge John Duquette
119 1/8 110 7/8 2021 T Gun Worcester Matthew McManaman John Duquette
115 1/8 110 2021 T Bow Worcester Michael Kirby John Duquette
109 7/8 102 1/8 2020 T Bow Hampshire Joseph A. Sanctuary, Jr. Paul Chapdelaine
106 6/8 103 1/8 2021 T Bow Middlesex Paul Pacheco John Duquette
105 101 2021 T Bow Hampshire Joseph A. Sanctuary, Jr. Paul Chapdelaine
Rhode Island
Gross Net Harvest Harvest
Score Score Year Cat. Method County Hunter Name Scorer Name
135 5/8 131 2/8 2021 T Bow Washington Jasper Coutu Wes Johnson
132 6/8 129 6/8 2021 T Mzldr Providence Robert R. O’Hare Johnny Humphries
131 1/8 127 5/8 2021 T Bow Washington Raymond Masciarelli, Jr. Michael Zannini
120 1/8 103 5/8 2016 T Bow Washington Rheh Bishop Edward F. Klosowski
Mayville, NY, 2021
113 6/8 108 5/8 2021 T Bow Providence Brian Jerrett Jeffrey E. Brown-
New York
Gross Net Harvest Harvest
Score Score Year Cat. Method County Hunter Name Scorer Name
344 4/8 329 5/8 2021 N Acquire Lewis Jim Armitage Jeffrey E. Brown
201 6/8 197 1/8 2021 N Acquire Lewis Nathan Lang Kris Lien
198 6/8 198 6/8 2021 N Shed Monroe Carl Quartley Isaac “Ike” VanBortel
194 4/8 180 5/8 2021 N Bow Wayne Joshua Mayville W. Andrew Hall
172 7/8 164 4/8 2015 N Acquire Wayne Benjamin Williams W. Andrew Hall
172 3/8 169 3/8 1980 N Gun Oswego Spence Alvord Mark H. Parah
171 6/8 170 3/8 2021 N Bow Yates Dennis North Tanner Smith
168 1/8 163 5/8 2021 T Mzldr Cayuga Matt Ferguson Paul Chapdelaine
162 4/8 146 2/8 2020 T Gun Onondaga James LaRose Jon Aldrich
162 2/8 152 6/8 2021 T Gun Seneca Derek Kingston Timothy C. Spacek
162 2/8 150 5/8 2021 N Gun Ontario Andre Marquis W. Andrew Hall
160 6/8 148 6/8 2005 N Acquire Oswego Ken Clifford Thomas Baker
160 1/8 156 6/8 2021 T Bow Yates Triston Schaubert Timothy C. Spacek
Ferguson, NY, 2021 159 5/8 158 2/8 2021 N Bow Ontario Dave Marianetti Jeffrey L. Fox
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