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
1301151 1/8 Shannon Akin1998SumterGun
1302151 1/8 Dale Jones2010TwiggsGun
1303151 1/8 Dayton Cannon2020BleckleyBowView 
1304151 1/8 Rick Chubb1994GwinnettGunView 
1305151 1/8 Shane Bethea2005LeeGunView 
1306173 2/8 (NT)Greg Sorrow1992JacksonGun
1307173 2/8 (NT)Arnold Crews2008CrispGunView 
1308173 2/8 (NT)Michael Womack2018MeriwetherGunView 
1309151 Richard A. Green1975WilkinsonGun
1310151 Dan Harrelson1981PeachGun