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
31179 Hubert Moody1957JasperGun
32179 Usher Malcom1974OglethorpeGun
33179 Shannon Akin1981DoolyGun
34178 5/8 Clyde E. Anderson1969ThomasGun
35178 5/8 Michael Layfield1997TaylorGun
36178 5/8 Brent McCarty1999MaconGunView 
37204 6/8 (NT)Lauren Atwell2002HarrisGunView 
38178 3/8 Ricky Dowis1997MitchellGun
39177 7/8 Alfred Wright1982HaralsonFound
40177 5/8 Bill Athon1976MaconGun