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
1701148 5/8 Frank Cole2001HancockGun
1702148 5/8 John Lynn2001PutnamGun
1703148 5/8 Lew Achord2001HarrisGun
1704148 5/8 Phil Morris2002ClaytonFound
1705148 5/8 Keith Hagwood2018GreeneGun
1706148 5/8 Alan Braddy1986EmanuelGunView 
1707148 5/8 Frank Vaughn1992GwinnettGunView 
1708148 5/8 Ron Prather2002JenkinsGunView 
1709148 5/8 Tifton Pace2002SumterGunView 
1710148 5/8 Phil Carpenter2003UpsonGunView