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
1361150 6/8 R.J. Pierce2008SchleyGun
1362150 6/8 Robert Durrance2015StewartGun
1363150 6/8 William Prather1981FanninGun
1364150 6/8 Tonya Owens1994LaurensGunView 
1365150 6/8 Chris Luppens Jr.1999CalhounGunView 
1366150 6/8 Ronny Vaughan2007WilcoxGunView 
1367150 6/8 Heath Spires2009LaurensGunView 
1368150 6/8 Brent Yawn2010ApplingGunView 
1369172 7/8 (NT)Edward Harden1999CookFound
1370172 7/8 (NT)Donald Davis2020ThomasGunView