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
61174 6/8 Harold Cole1985TalbotGun
62174 6/8 Donald Vinson2011BrooksGunView 
63174 6/8 Zac Peters2020JeffersonGunView 
64200 3/8 (NT)Shannon Sledge2016WorthGunView 
65200 1/8 (NT)Jacky Stanfill2002ColquittGunView 
66174 3/8 Grant Bailey2023GwinnettBowView 
67199 6/8 (NT)Ken Brown1974HarrisGun
68199 5/8 (NT)Hugh Barber1959JasperGunView 
69199 4/8 (NT)Harold Gunn2011SumterGunView 
70173 6/8 Ken Yearta1983CarrollGun