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
1831169 5/8 (NT)Skeeter Burlew2013DoughertyGunView 
1832147 7/8 Howard Beasley1969MitchellGun
1833147 7/8 Jerry Chapman1971UpsonFound
1834147 7/8 Ricky Nelson1980TiftGun
1835147 7/8 Clyde Lanier1995TerrellGun
1836147 7/8 John Carney1997DodgeGun
1837147 7/8 Floyd Yoder1999MaconGun
1838147 7/8 Larry Wood2002HancockGun
1839147 7/8 Paul Anderson IV2004WorthGun
1840147 7/8 Neal Youmans2005WilkinsonGun