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
781155 3/8 Roy McHarque1975UpsonGun
782155 3/8 James Worsham1979BaldwinGun
783155 3/8 Kenny Lamberth1989MaconGun
784155 3/8 Tim Dinsmore1992MeriwetherGun
785155 3/8 Boots Boling1993HoustonGun
786155 3/8 Robert Campbell2010DodgeGun
787155 3/8 Eric Brown2005MurrayBowView 
788155 3/8 Daniel Smith2008UpsonGunView 
789155 3/8 Wesley Fryer2009NewtonGunView 
790155 3/8 LesPaul Eskew2015MeriwetherGunView