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
121170 3/8 Rabun Thigpen2011CrawfordGunView 
122195 3/8 (NT)Olen P. Ross1976ColquittGun
123195 3/8 (NT)Jackie Bailey1999JohnsonFoundView 
124195 3/8 (NT)Colby Johnson2020WorthGunView 
125170 2/8 Harold Cannon1971OglethorpeGunView 
126170 2/8 Dylan Wylie2018FultonBowView 
127170 2/8 Jeff Foxworthy2018HarrisBowView 
128195 2/8 (NT)Donald Duren1970BrooksGunView 
129195 2/8 (NT)Kevin Carnes2015DeKalbBowView 
130170 1/8 Glenn Owens1967JasperGunView