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Typical Whitetail Deer - Rifle (Page 1)
RANK NAME CITY COUNTY YEAR SCORE
1 JANOWSKY, FRITZ WELLSBURG, NY BRADFORD 1943 189-0
2 PARRY, IVAN GRAYSVILLE GREENE 1974 184-6
3 ALLISON, CHESTER HARLEYSVILLE BLAIR 1951 182-5
4 REIBSON, FLOYD FORKSVILLE SULLIVAN 1931 180-4
5 MILLER, RAYMOND E BEDFORD BEDFORD 1957 177-5
6 KINLEY, PERRY RIDGWAY JEFFERSON 1920 177-0
7 ZERBE, JOHN MCCLURE MIFFLIN 1936 176-5
8 RINEHULS, CLYDE H SAYRE BRADFORD 1944 176-0
9 YOUNG, ARTHUR CENTRE HALL MCKEAN 1930 175-4
10 HOFFMAN, ROBERT MT PLEASANT WESTMORELAND 1949 174-6
11 MCKANE, ROBERT QUAKERTOWN SULLIVAN 2004 174-4
12 BLACK, LEWIS DARLINGTON BEAVER 1979 174-1
13 KIFER, MEAD CLARION CLARION 1947 173-3
14 LABROSSE JR, RONALD J MCMURRAY WASHINGTON 1996 172-6
15 DUNN, CRAIG SMETHPORT MCKEAN 1930 172-4
16 SCHUCKERS, WALTER REYNOLDSVILLE JEFFERSON 2006 171-4
17 WALKER, PAUL SOMERSET SOMERSET 1941 171-2
18 HELANDER, HARRY REW MCKEAN 1955 170-4
18 BOLTON, TYLER WERNERSVILLE BERKS 2006 170-4
18 BURTON, RALPH E CYCLONE MCKEAN 1933 170-4
21 FEATHERS, CLAUDE E FREEDOM BLAIR 1943 170-0
22 PAINTER, LYSLE R NEW WILMINGTON JEFFERSON 1954 169-6
22 SQUIRES, RALPH W MONTROSE SUSQUEHANNA 1941 169-6
24 ROTHROCK, GEORGE PHILIPSBURG CENTRE 1931 169-2
25 BOWSER, WAYNE MARKLEYSBURG FAYETTE 1977 169-1
26 FEHLINGER, CHARLES DALLAS LUZERNE 1945 169-0
26 SCHULTZ, EZRA NEW ALBANY BRADFORD 1927 169-0
28 SUTLEY, E G WEST HICKORY FOREST 1932 168-7
28 MILLER, WINFIELD ELVERSON CHESTER 1945 168-7
28 SHINE, CHARLES JAMESTOWN MERCER 1942 168-7
31 SWEENEY, PAUL LILLY INDIANA 1955 168-6
32 CORNMAN, RONALD CARLISLE CUMBERLAND UNKN 168-5
33 SHAFFER, ROBERT EDINBORO MERCER 1956 168-3
34 NAU, BERNARD MONROVILLE WESTMORELAND 1958 167-4
35 DAVIS, DEBORAH LIGONIER WASHINGTON 1989 167-2
36 REDCAY, BRIAN ELIZABETHTOWN DAUPHIN 1984 167-1
37 WALCHESKI, VINCE CANTON BRADFORD 1932 166-7
38 BURLINGAME, CHARLES COOPERSTOWN CRAWFORD 1946 166-5
38 HOUSEKNECHT, BRADY HUGHESVILLE LYCOMING 1940 166-5
40 DE DIONISIO, RICK ERIE ERIE 1985 166-4
What do you think of those pre-AR dinks.
Thanks for showng that AR's are improving the bucks.
This list goes back 89 years with the average year for a non AR buck being 59 years ago. None of the top 10 came after 1974. Before AR's our best bucks had definitely gone downhill. There is one lone entry from the 90's Only three from the 80's and three from the 70's and zero from the 60's. From the 50's on back the quality was better but guess what? we had far less deer then!
It looks like our buck quality had definitely bottomed out before AR's. The next time this list gets published it will be interesting indeed
