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
2311145 3/8 Tanner Knight1994WheelerFound
2312145 3/8 Chris Jarrett1995GradyGun
2313145 3/8 Jay Morris1996HenryGun
2314145 3/8 Michael Fisette1996BrooksGun
2315145 3/8 Doug Wilson1997FultonMuzzleloader
2316145 3/8 Buck Beaucham1999LeeGun
2317145 3/8 Davis King Jr.1999WorthGun
2318145 3/8 Jeff Moss2003MitchellBow
2319145 3/8 Jim Gilbert2009Ben HillGunView 
2320145 3/8 Jennifer Harvey2010PulaskiGun