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
2191146 Cale Wood2012HoustonGunView 
2192146 Ron Purvis2016CookGunView 
2193146 Wesley Smith2016PulaskiGunView 
2194146 Zach Veazey2016TiftGunView 
2195146 Steven Cleveland2021ElbertCrossbow
2196146 Andy Johnson2022EmanuelBowView 
2197146 Franklin Ford2022EarlyBowView 
2198146 Nick Tinsley2023MeriwetherBowView 
2199146 Russ Hiley2023PeachGunView 
2200167 3/8 (NT)Jacob Van Sant1993PickensGun