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
181167 1/8 Cameron Crews2012CharltonGunView 
182167 1/8 Bob Coombs2020FultonBowView 
183167 Rhonda Smith1990DoughertyGun
184167 Wesley Peek Jr.1995LeeGun
185167 Chad Peterson2004BleckleyGunView 
186167 Wayne McDaniel2008PulaskiGunView 
187166 6/8 Jim Palmer1970JacksonGunView 
188166 6/8 Bill Cowart1976MadisonGun
189191 2/8 (NT)Mike Roberts Sr.1963WorthGun
190166 5/8 Philip Clark1972PutnamGun