Georgia Deer Records

The Billy Joe Padgett record book buck from Georgia.

GON began the effort to compile records of Georgia bucks more than 30 years ago. The County-by-County records were first published in the early 1990s after years of traveling the state going through old boxes of score sheets, measuring racks, and following up on rumors of legendary bucks. Only racks measured by certified Boone & Crockett or Pope & Young scorers are included. All scores are net. Once a rack is measured by a certified scorer, that is the buck’s official score. The rack cannot be measured again by a different scorer.

To be included in the GON Georgia Deer Records, email a digital photo of the score sheet that includes the signature and certification number of the scorer to [email protected], and please include a photo of the hunter with the buck. To have a photo added to an existing listing, simply email the image.

Visit this page to find a certified measurer.

Search Tips: To see the all-time County-by-County rankings, only select the county and no other search criteria. If you search for your name, it’s going to display you with a No. 1 ranking. The search will display and rank listings based on the search criteria that’s inputted. If you select a county, and also select a year, and also select a method (gun, bow, muzzleloader or crossbow), you are going to see listings ranked for that county, killed that year, by the method you chose in the search.

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Biggest Bucks in Georgia - GON’s Top 10

RankScoreNameYearCountyMethodPhoto
1011153 4/8 Gary Pool1997MaconGun
1012153 4/8 Ken Rose1997DoolyGunView 
1013153 4/8 Steve Solomon1998PeachGun
1014153 4/8 Tom Askins2005SumterGun
1015153 4/8 Dennis Turi2006CrawfordGunView 
1016153 4/8 Mike East2007PeachGunView 
1017153 4/8 Ray Francingues III2016GwinnettBowView 
1018153 4/8 Ryan Gyr2018BerrienGunView 
1019153 4/8 Justin Peterson2019HeardGunView 
1020153 3/8 Jack Faulkner1969PikeGun