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
2581144 2/8 Douglas Jones Jr.1985FayetteGun
2582144 2/8 Keith Cuthbertson1989BaldwinGun
2583144 2/8 Dennis Stevens1991BaldwinGun
2584144 2/8 Larry Martin1997MurrayGun
2585144 2/8 Ren Anderson1997ButtsGunView 
2586144 2/8 Randy Smallwood1998HenryGun
2587144 2/8 Todd Tripp1999WilcoxGun
2588144 2/8 Tommy Culpepper1999WilcoxGun
2589144 2/8 Kim Childers2000TaylorGun
2590144 2/8 Lamar Reynolds2000Ben HillGun