Big buck was known as the Lincoln Legend
Gavin Glance of Lincolnton, NC killed a massive 21-point buck on Nov. 9, 2024 in Lincoln County. The deer, which had been known by other hunters in the area as the Lincoln Legend, has been officially scored by Buckmasters at 193 7/8 inches. Glance shot the buck with a CVA Optima V2 from 103 yards away.
Glance was hunting on a plot of land he purchased before the 2024 deer season started. Once he purchased the 12-acre plot, he put a series of trail cameras out and began seeing a group of bachelor bucks, including one 9-point buck that he decided to target. And then one day while he was at work, one of his trail cameras sent a picture to his phone that stunned him. It was a huge buck, unlike anything he’d ever seen before. It was the buck, he later learned, that was being hunted hard by at least six hunters in the area known as the Lincoln Legend.
Archery season rolled in, and since the giant buck had not shown up again on his trail cameras, Glance stuck to his original plan to target the big 9-point buck. He killed that buck, which at the time was his personal best, on Oct. 20.
“I didn’t know the chances of this buck, because I’d only gotten one picture of him. So when my 9-pointer came out, that was the main deer I was after, so I still felt really good taking him,” Glance told John MacPherson on the Black Widow Deer Lures Podcast. “And he was my personal best, and my second bow kill ever.”
The buck shows up
With that buck behind him, Glance killed a doe, then he got another photo of the Lincoln Legend on Oct. 30. He started studying his maps and paying close attention to the wind, making sure he gave himself the best chance to get the big deer in his crosshairs. Finally, on the morning of Nov. 9, he got a good look at the buck while in the stand, took a shot at it, but missed.
Feeling heartbroken, Glance spent a little time shooting his muzzleloader, making sure he was zeroed in. He decided that if he ever got a chance at the big buck again, he wouldn’t shoot at it past 120 yards.
That afternoon, he decided to get back in the stand. He was surprised to see the buck again. He ranged it at 200+ yards, so he held off on taking aim. The buck moved closer to him, but then jumped into a thicket. Glance rearranged himself in his stand to get a steady shot, hoping the deer would come back.
A few minutes later, the buck reappeared, and walked into range. Glance vocalized to try to stop the deer, but it kept walking. He tried one more time and the buck stopped and looked at him. Glance pulled the trigger, and the buck dropped on the spot.
After word spread that Glance killed the big deer, he began hearing from other hunters, exchanging earlier photos of the buck from their own trail cameras.
Harkey’s Taxidermy is creating a mount for Glance, and he had the rack scored by Wayne Cox of Buckmasters. Glance is now officially in the Buckmasters Whitetail Trophy Records.
Glance plans to take the buck to the Dixie Deer Classic this March. See more photos of the Lincoln Legend at Grand G Outdoors.
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