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Outstanding Deer - Typical Shotgun


The table below contains the all-time list for the Outstanding Deer - Typical Shotgun category, as of September, 2001.

Outstanding Deer - Typical Shotgun - minimum score 125 0/8
Rank Score Year County of Harvest DMZ Hunter Hometown
1 175 7/8 1975 Salem   William Pierson Mantua
2 170 6/8 1985 Monmouth   Frank Metta Farmingdale
3 166 4/8 1957 Monmouth   Charles W. Van Schoick, Jr. Howell
4 164 4/8 1998 Middlesex   David A. Thomas Mercerville
5 164 2/8 1977 Monmouth   Kenneth Brown Allenwood
6 163 5/8 1945 Mercer   Anthony Depiano Hightstown
7 163 3/8 1950 Sussex   Fred Space Sussex
8 161 5/8 1972 Salem   Ron Snyder Alloway
9 160 5/8 1970 Cumberland   Earl Casper Newport
10 160 2/8 1996 Morris   Hank DeVries Lincoln Park
11 158 7/8 1989 Monmouth   Charles Eckel Englishtown
12 158 4/8 1988 Hunterdon   Ron Stoy Lambertville
13 158 0/8 2000 Warren 8 Walter Ziobro Washington
14 157 7/8 1982 Salem   Lawrence K. Elrod Woodstown
15 157 7/8 1998 Atlantic   Anthony J. Merlino Nesco
16 157 3/8 1956 Mercer   Antler Sportmen's Club Princeton
17 157 1/8 1935 Sussex   Wilson R. Rush Washington Twp.
18 156 0/8 1989 Gloucester   John E. Wehrwein Vineland
19 154 2/8 1970 Salem   Frank Newkirk Salem
20 153 4/8 1979 Warren   James Deacon Washington
21 152 7/8 1994 Sussex   Herbert E. Fowler Sparta
22 152 5/8 1999 Warren   Michael K. Hannigan Belvidere
23 152 4/8 1934     Russ Collins (present owner - Martin Katz)  
24 152 3/8 1979 Burlington   Bill Parkerson Pemberton
25 152 2/8 1976 Middlesex   Joe Zimbicki Englishtown
25 152 2/8 1979 Middlesex   Calvin J. Linke Jamesburg
26 152 1/8 2000 Middlesex 14 Kai Zimmermann North Brunswick
27 151 4/8 1999 Hunterdon   Robert J. Tumler Lambertville
28 151 2/8 1967 Burlington   George E. Leber, Jr. Yardville
28 151 2/8 1983 Salem   Jim Nipe Pedricktown
29 151 0/8 1996 Monmouth   Dennis Spearnock Fords
30 150 7/8 1998 Passaic   Fred Guido North Haledon
31 150 6/8 1982 Warren   Jerome M. Sevick Hackettstown
32 150 1/8 1981 Salem   D. Ross Sayrs Pennsauken
33 150 0/8 1986 Passaic   Chester E. Snedeker Old Tappan
33 150 0/8 1999 Sussex   Howard G. Hotz Newton
34 149 7/8 1995 Monmouth   Stanley W. Dudkin Cedar Run, PA
35 149 6/8 1980 Burlington   Brian R. Tule Vincentown
36 149 5/8 1969 Burlington   John H. Smith, Jr. Marlton
37 149 4/8 1983 Morris   Skeeter Kielblock Gillette
38 149 3/8 1978 Somerset   Mike Minotty Franklinville
39 149 2/8 1992 Ocean   James Casadona Burlington
40 149 0/8 1972 Monmouth   Dennis B. Wescott Old Bridge
41 148 6/8 1974 Gloucester   Gary M. Vail Williamstown
42 148 4/8 1965 Monmouth   George Leber, III Allentown
43 148 3/8 1978 Gloucester   Vincent S. Gangemi, II Mullica Hill
43 148 3/8 1987 Monmouth   Kenneth Black Brick
43 148 3/8 1992 Gloucester   Fred Grasso Mullica Hill
43 148 3/8 1995 Hunterdon   William E. Setzer Piscataway
44 148 2/8 1984 Morris   Anthony G. Petuskey, Sr. Washington
44 148 2/8 1993 Cumberland   Earl F. Meyer, Jr. Cedarville
45 148 1/8 1985 Somerset   Bill Capuano Clifton
46 148 0/8 1990 Salem   John Huskey Woodstown
46 148 0/8 1991 Hunterdon   Scott Rogers Ringoes
47 147 7/8 1992 Warren   Thomas DePiro Bloomfield
48 147 6/8 1987 Burlington   John R. Bereczki, Jr. Columbus
48 147 6/8 1991 Middlesex   David Blumig East Brunswick
49 147 1/8 1987 Ocean   Kenneth Gilbert Robbinsville
49 147 1/8 1995 Sussex   David Decker Sparta
50 146 7/8 1986 Salem   Robert J. Condo Wenonah
51 146 5/8 1953 Ocean   Paul L. Mott Tuckerton
52 146 4/8 1980 Burlington   John C. Newman, Jr. Bordentown
52 146 4/8 1995 Monmouth   Robert F. Laird Manasquan
53 146 3/8 1969 Salem   James G. Meadows Pennsville
53 146 3/8 1995 Ocean   George Onnembo Point Pleasant
54 146 2/8 1989 Salem   James R. Dick Sewell
55 146 1/8 1978 Salem   Heinrich W. Weber, II Gibbstown
55 146 1/8 1989 Warren   James Waltsak, Jr. Colonia
55 146 1/8 1995 Salem   Lewis G. Slagle, Jr. Vineland
56 146 0/8 1992 Cumberland   Ronald G. Green Dividing Creek
56 146 0/8 1994 Mercer   Edwin Diefenbach Robbinsville
57 145 7/8 1981 Monmouth   John Canton, Jr. Spring Lake
57 145 7/8 1991 Mercer   Dave VanSelous Pennington
58 145 6/8 1968 Salem   Wilbert Zarin Somerset
58 145 6/8 1982 Mercer   Paul W. Hewins Hightstown
58 145 6/8 1984 Sussex   Gary Pittenger Newton
58 145 6/8 1986 Sussex   Joe Sudol Union
59 145 5/8 1981 Somerset   Keith Piskorski South Amboy
60 145 0/8 1990 Sussex   Stan Burzinski, Jr. Elmer
60 145 0/8 1995 Middlesex   Edward Kostu Woodbridge
61 144 6/8 1981 Middlesex   Ciro J. Silvestri Hightstown
62 144 4/8 1976 Monmouth   Margaret Smith Neptune City
63 144 3/8 1932 Monmouth   Stephen Sadley Robbinsville
63 144 3/8 1981 Middlesex   Al Czehut Hamilton Square
63 144 3/8 1997 Cumberland   Allen J. Sheppard, Sr. Millville
63 144 3/8 1998 Warren   Daniel Ghetti Phillipsburg
64 144 1/8 1995 Burlington   William H. Ott Palmyra
64 144 1/8 1999 Gloucester   Charles Gallagher Mantua
65 144 0/8 1985 Morris   Michael Fulton Budd Lake
66 143 7/8 1977 Morris   Richard Kurkewicz East Hanover
66 143 7/8 1994 Mercer   Edward A. Ranke, III Trenton
66 143 7/8 2000 Warren 7 David Hamlen Annandale
67 143 5/8 1996 Atlantic   George Rusnack, Jr.  
68 143 4/8 1981 Hunterdon   Americo R. Vannozzi Bordentown
68 143 4/8 1996 Monmouth   Bruno DiFonzo Long Branch
69 143 3/8 1969 Salem   Thomas A. Marcucci Trenton
69 143 3/8 1986 Salem   Jeffrey L. Simpkins Bridgeton
70 143 2/8 1989 Somerset   Louis DiFilippantonio Penns Grove
71 143 1/8 1969 Ocean   Robert L. Carter New Egypt
72 143 0/8 1936 Atlantic   John Kertz Egg Harbor
72 143 0/8 1976 Hunterdon   Henry Bundt Lebanon
73 142 7/8 1985 Middlesex   George Grant Cranbury
73 142 7/8 1986 Sussex   James Ward Wharton
73 142 7/8 1995 Sussex   J. Shaun Dalrymple Union
74 142 6/8 1967 Burlington   Leon Jones Mount Holly
74 142 6/8 1977 Hunterdon   William Potopowitz Califon
74 142 6/8 1994 Middlesex   Joey Lena Jamesburg
75 142 5/8 1995 Gloucester   Gary Martinelli Sewel
76 142 4/8 1974 Hunterdon   William J. Waple Rahway
76 142 4/8 1978 Middlesex   Robert Soden Englishtown
76 142 4/8 1994 Sussex   Danny L. Ross Ogdensburg
77 142 2/8 1963 Salem   Warren Strang Woodstream
77 142 2/8 1989 Gloucester   Nick Cucinotta Gibbstown
78 142 1/8 1991 Morris   Michael K. Haas Randolph
79 142 0/8 1969 Hunterdon   Anthony J. Rosato Sergeantsville
79 142 0/8 1977 Middlesex   George Alsheimer Jamesburg
80 141 6/8 1997 Cumberland   Jim Fiorani, Sr. Bridgeton
81 141 5/8 1967 Middlesex   George Alsheimer Jamesburg
81 141 5/8 1967 Bergen   Carl Torchio New Paltz
82 141 4/8 1931 Ocean   Adolf Schilling
(present owner Carl Schilling)
Mays Landing
82 141 4/8 1971 Hunterdon   Wesley Bodine Stockton
82 141 4/8 1994 Camden   Brian Maccarella Riverton
83 141 3/8 1993 Mercer   Richard F. Everett Cranbury
84 141 2/8 1958 Atlantic   Norris S. Leek, Sr. Smithville
85 141 1/8   Ocean   Karl Alminde New Egypt
86 141 0/8 1982 Middlesex   Bob Sacher East Brunswick
86 141 0/8 1989 Somerset   Tom Augustyniak Warren
87 140 7/8 1993 Cumberland   Robert Warfle, Jr. Port Norris
88 140 6/8 1979 Salem   George C. Duffield Monroeville
88 140 6/8 1984 Ocean   Arthur Wagner Jackson
88 140 6/8 1985 Middlesex   Gregg Scherf Spotswood
88 140 6/8 2000 Burlington 19 Raymond B. Sullivan, Jr. Beach Haven
89 140 4/8 1988 Somerset   David J. Kanach Somerville
90 140 3/8 2000 Atlantic   Robert Suralik, Jr. Tuckerton
91 140 2/8 1981 Middlesex   Carmine LaCava Clarksburg
91 140 2/8 1982 Burlington   Rich Hiles Medford
92 140 1/8 1981 Hunterdon   Mark Bodine Stockton
92 140 1/8 1997 Morris   Keith Petlick Parsippany
93 140 0/8 1965 Monmouth   Richard Guckenberger Freehold
93 140 0/8 1968 Gloucester   Thomas Hope Woodbury
94 139 7/8 1994 Gloucester   Lenny Coulter Vineland
95 139 5/8 1998 Warren   Robert Kauer Wayne
96 139 4/8 1987 Somerset   Robert G. Pazdan Belle Mead
97 139 3/8 1979 Mercer   Daniel G. Malek Lambertville
97 139 3/8 1994 Salem   Keith Kinney Pedricktown
98 139 2/8 1981 Cumberland   Mark Laurella Rosenhayn
99 139 1/8 1929 Atlantic   Albert H. Weber Galloway Twp.
99 139 1/8 1989 Warren   Guy Gonzalez Easton, PA
99 139 1/8 1994 Cape May   Nicholas Repici Belleplain
100 139 0/8 1986 Burlington   Gregory Dubler Sicklerville
100 139 0/8 1987 Mercer   Paul Keris Robbinsville
100 139 0/8 1998 Hunterdon   Saheru-a N. Flagg South Orange
100 139 0/8 1998 Salem   Bryan Locuson Elmer
101 138 6/8 1988 Gloucester 35 Shawn Smith Pitman
101 138 6/8 1983 Middlesex   Peter Wojciechowski Hightstown
101 138 6/8 1999 Somerset   Manuel A. Santos Bridgewater
102 138 5/8 1967     Anthony Abbatto Allentown
102 138 5/8 1968 Ocean   Troy Clark Clarksburg
102 138 5/8 1975 Sussex   Richard Merton Hamburg
102 138 5/8 1991 Sussex   Barry L. Glass Oak Ridge
103 138 4/8 1980 Sussex   Henry Tuow Birkshire, NY
103 138 4/8 1983 Mercer   Samuel C. Horton, Jr. Trenton
103 138 4/8 1987 Monmouth   Harry Brown Bradley Beach
104 138 3/8 1999 Sussex   Angelo Cotello N. Arlington
105 138 2/8 1996 Hunterdon   Matthew Smentkowski Secaucus
106 138 1/8 1994     Tony Yannazzone Belmar
107 138 0/8 2000 Bergen 36 Mark Spoto Montville
108 137 7/8 1986 Salem   Andrew N. Yurick Woodbury
108 137 7/8 1989 Gloucester   Samuel W. Teague, Sr. Clayton
108 137 7/8 1977 Salem   Dale Smith Elmer
108 137 7/8 1998 Morris   Bryan M. Stevens Netcong
109 137 6/8 1994 Hunterdon   Jeff Farr Milford
110 137 4/8 1983 Burlington   James Denning Mount Holly
110 137 4/8 1993 Warren   John Spak Allamuchy
110 137 4/8 2000 Monmouth 50 Louis Grazioso Hazlet
111 137 3/8 1968 Burlington   James Allen Mullica Hill
111 137 3/8 1975 Hunterdon   Gerald Fratiak New Hope, PA
111 137 3/8 1986 Warren   Vincent Ridner Stillwater
112 137 2/8 1971 Monmouth   Ralph Schooley Trenton
112 137 2/8 1989 Ocean   Paul Flammia Wall
112 137 2/8 1998 Cape May   Kenneth Clayton Sea Isle City
113 137 1/8 1991 Cape May   John DeSantis Woodbine
114 137 0/8 1981 Salem   Mike Fedora Salem
114 137 0/8 1987 Hunterdon   Albert Temples, Jr. Frenchtown
114 137 0/8 1998 Atlantic   William Hewa Smithville
115 136 7/8 1955 Atlantic   Jesse Slimkins Mays Landing
115 136 7/8 1965 Sussex   Harry Romaine Franklin
115 136 7/8 1968 Morris   Frank Remshifski Lake Hopatcong
115 136 7/8 1976 Cumberland   James Morgan Millville
116 136 6/8 1951 Ocean   Howard Lane Jackson
116 136 6/8 1980 Somerset   Max Latterman, Jr. Princeton
116 136 6/8 1994 Atlantic   Richard A. Carpo Hammonton
117 136 5/8 1979 Middlesex   Walter Galiczynski Helmetta
117 136 5/8 1984 Gloucester   Mark A. Clement Wenonah
117 136 5/8 1986 Salem   Willard Earl Graham Elmer
117 136 5/8 1994 Monmouth   Gary W. Rushing Morganville
118 136 3/8 1990 Salem   Mario Miistichelli Carney's Pt.
118 136 3/8 1996 Monmouth   Daniel Dornacker Brick
119 136 2/8 1999 Warren   Manuel Lopez Cranford
120 136 1/8 1999 Salem   Dale Peterson Elko, GA
121 136 0/8 1986 Salem   Joseph Danks Carney's Pt.
121 136 0/8 1986 Hunterdon   Robert Van Volkenburg Glen Gardner
121 136 0/8 1990 Passaic   Charles S. Lombardo Ringwood
121 136 0/8 1990 Salem   Richard Ridgway Hancocks Bridge
122 135 7/8 1994 Salem   John H. Weiland Brick
122 135 7/8 1997 Monmouth   Anthony J. Bianco Manalapan
123 135 6/8 1989 Cumberland   Ed Gargon Millville
123 135 6/8 2000 Gloucester 65 Michael Noonan Williamstown
124 135 5/8 1978 Warren   Robert B. Hahn Oxford
124 135 5/8 1983 Ocean   Michael Albano Oakhurst
124 135 5/8 1988 Monmouth   Scott Carbone Morganville
124 135 5/8 1994 Atlantic   Robert Bertino Hammonton
125 135 4/8 1979 Burlington   W. Roger Butler Robbinsville
125 135 4/8 1990 Warren   Thomas Szekely Livingston
125 135 4/8 1994 Salem   Richard J. Warner Pilesgrove
126 135 3/8 1980 Sussex   Benjamin Garrison Hewitt
126 135 3/8 1984 Gloucester   Joseph Colo Pitman
127 135 1/8 1978 Cumberland   Frank Fiorani Bridgeton
127 135 1/8 1988 Somerset   Lloyd Van Doren Belle Mead
128 135 0/8 1957 Monmouth   Carmen Clark Cream Ridge
128 135 0/8 1985 Ocean   Ray Gromley Parkertown
128 135 0/8 1989 Burlington   Frederick W. Schieber Pennsauken
128 135 0/8 1993 Atlantic   John Mackie Brooklin, ME
129 134 6/8 2000 Middlesex 50 Thomas Nicastro, Sr. Jamesburg
130 133 6/8 1996 Hunterdon   Richard Waliky Quakertown
131 133 3/8 1997 Somerset   Keith Williams Scotch Plains
131 133 3/8 2000 Cumberland 45 Bryan Page Millville
132 132 7/8 1997 Hunterdon   Edward M. Yuengel Milford
133 132 6/8 1998 Atlantic   Tim Fitzick Somers Point
134 132 5/8 1997 Burlington   Mike Nirdlinger Browns Mills
135 132 4/8 1996 Ocean   Thomas R. Szeszko Jackson
135 132 4/8 1999 Gloucester 35 Andrew Di Prinzio Mantua
135 132 4/8 2000 Gloucester 35 Scott A. Goess Clarksboro
136 131 6/8 1996 Warren   Eugene H. Topoleski Hackettstown
137 131 4/8 1996 Burlington   Thomas Bintliff Chatsworth
138 131 3/8 1996 Atlantic   Peter Thomas Estell Manor
139 131 2/8 1999 Hunterdon 10 Daniel Tarantino Flemington
140 129 4/8 1999 Camden   Vincent J. Mammucari Cedar Brook
141 129 2/8 1996 Gloucester   Robert Adams Wenonah
141 129 2/8 1998 Hunterdon   Dan Sherwood South Plainfield
142 128 5/8 1998 Gloucester   Scott G. Powell West Deptford
142 128 5/8 2000 Cumberland 28 Robert H. Belins Haddon Heights
143 128 3/8 1999 Salem   George Thompson Alloway
144 128 2/8 1997 Sussex   Robert L. Maryott Old Tappan
145 127 7/8 1996 Monmouth   Brian Atherton Colts Neck
146 127 0/8 1997 Hunterdon   Charles T. Materazzo, Jr. Hampton
147 126 7/8 1996 Somerset   Robert Staudt, Jr. Skillman
148 126 6/8 1997 Somerset   Anthony Firrello, Jr. South Plainfield
149 126 5/8 1999 Monmouth   John R. Piana Brick
150 126 3/8 2000 Burlington 37 Doug Eden Hillsborough
151 126 2/8 1999 Somerset   Anthony Firrello, Jr. S. Plainfield
152 125 6/8 1999 Salem   Robert Dougan West Chester, PA
153 125 2/8 1998 Cumberland   Vernon Wood Port Elizabeth

For more detailed information about the program, or to receive a registration form, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

Outstanding Deer Program
NJ Div. of Fish & Wildlife
P.O. Box 400
Trenton, NJ 08625-0400

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