For years we hunters of the thick woods of New Brunswick, Canada have known we have world class whitetails. A lad from Pennsylvania has proven many of us right. In November of 1999 William McIntire was hunting with outfitter Kelly's Sporting Lodge southwest of Fredericton, N.B. and the rest is history.
The official Boone & Crockett score of gross 230-5/8 with a net typical of 198-1/8 makes it easily the number one buck in the New Brunswick record book as well as placing 19th on Boone & Crockett's all time list.
The full scoring method used by Buckmasters known as BTR scores the rack at 223-4/8 semi irregular in the rifle category making it number one in the world. You will be able to read the story in the July issue of Buckmasters magazine. Another article on this magnificent animal will be available in the August issue of North American Whitetail magazine.
The buck is known as the "McIntire Buck" in the hunting community it had a field dressed weight of 260 pounds. I wish to thank Bill personally for showing the world that not only Alberta and Saskatchewan produce big racked bucks.
The McIntire buck was scored by Ron "Bushey" Boucher who also was in on the scoring of Milo Hansons world record in 93. Here is what Ron had to say about this magnificent buck featured in the August issue of North American Whitetail Magazine.
I will be putting up the score sheet next month..
I will be adding some pics of other great New Brunswick Racks in the future.
To return home
Per square mile New Brunswick according to the record book compiled by Boone & Crockett, hold more Boone & Crockett records than any other province in Canada. But then again the province is quite small compared to others. If encountering thick woods then treestand hunting is in order, and big bucks a possibility if one is patient and can sit for many hours. In New Brunswick the odds are definitely not in the hunters favor, but that is hunting is it not.
In whitetail history, only a handful of trophies have had over 100 inches of typical antler per side. This giant is among them-and to top it off, he's the biggest typical ever rattled in! The Maritime region of Canada can be one of the toughest places to hunt whitetails, it is hilly and the ridges are thickly forested with pines, spruce and fir and many hardwoods, cedar swamps and mossy bogs are everywhere, with few access roads.
Why would anyone come to New Brunswick? Simple, big bodies and big bone and deer that dress out 250 lbs. are not uncommon, heck a lot of our does will go 150 to 180. For some reason racks in New Brunswick aren;t taken in to be scored, in fact the two highest scoring typicals taken in New Brunswick prior to 99 are not entered in B&C listings.
The buck is Canada's all time #6 and ranks #1 as taken by a U.S. citizen. The one fact above all others in relation to this whitetail and those before him and puts him in a class by himself is that he has more total inches of typical antler than any other whitetail ever! The right antler measures 103 6-8 whilst the left antler measures 108 1-8 for an astronomical total of 211 7-8, not counting the inside spread.
The fact that the McIntire buck nets 198 1-8 despite a sky high 32 4-8 inches of deductions-13 7-8 for his abnormal points, the remainder for asymmetry-shows how big he really is. If there ever was a "what if" typical whitetail, this is it. He had plenty of antler to be the new world record, if only the bone had grown a bit differently! This buck is currently the highest scoring typical since Milo Hansons kill in 93, congrats Bill...