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
1131152 4/8 Donna Buckner2008ColquittGunView 
1132152 4/8 James Bright2008DodgeGunView 
1133152 4/8 Jim Freeman2010MurrayGunView 
1134152 4/8 Jay Thompson2018MitchellGunView 
1135152 4/8 John Lester2018HarrisGunView 
1136152 4/8 Travis Turner2020TroupBowView 
1137174 7/8 (NT)Taylor McCann2004DeKalbBowView 
1138152 3/8 Vichien Krirat1983PeachGun
1139152 3/8 Larry Harris1984CrawfordGun
1140152 3/8 Gary Wright1988DodgeGun