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
1411150 3/8 Russ Bowers1997ScrevenGun
1412150 3/8 Mike Allen 2014DeKalbBow
1413150 3/8 Bryant Tipton2010HartGunView 
1414150 3/8 Joe Herring2012BrooksGunView 
1415150 3/8 Rick Aaron2014RockdaleGunView 
1416150 3/8 Philip Worley2018WilcoxGunView 
1417172 3/8 (NT)Patrick McLlcamy2001TaylorGun
1418150 2/8 Karona Wainwright1973TaylorGun
1419150 2/8 William Higgins1980GreeneGun
1420150 2/8 Bobby Bates Jr.1990NewtonGun