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
1291151 2/8 Leon McDonald1997WorthGun
1292151 2/8 John Brooks1989FultonBowView 
1293151 2/8 York Carter1995ThomasGunView 
1294151 2/8 Craig Smith2010PulaskiGunView 
1295151 2/8 Duncan Moore2010LeeBowView 
1296151 2/8 Keith Ochs2014BibbCrossbowView 
1297173 3/8 (NT)Keith Crozier2014HarrisGun
1298151 1/8 Buddy Williams1979GreeneGun
1299151 1/8 Terry Lamb1980ColquittGun
1300151 1/8 Glenn Johnson1998MaconGun