question for the forum/grand slam

[gunny97]

What are the requirements for the grand slam as far as North American Big game . is there a association or club of successful people who have done the grand slam .what are the 28 north american big game

[ShatoDavis]

To my knowledge there is no official "slam" I think they are simply contrived. I mean there is the "grand slam of Turkey", the "grand slam of sheep", the "super slam", etc etc. I don't know if you actually get put in any book or club by doing it but it is a great accomplishment nonetheless. I done a google search of "super slam of hunting" and found this article interesting: http://www.huntingmag.com/big_game/degree_difficulty/

[gunny97]

thanks for the article , good reading. i show the show were he had the polar bear come into his camp. exciting

[ELKampMaster]

...and at the other end of the contiuum.... the "grand un-slam"

By Jim Shockey:"....Believe it or not, my vote for easiest of the big game species to hunt with a muzzleloader is the whitetail deer...."

Sorry, can't resist.... so true.

[gaffmaster2002]

To get a listing on grand slams you may wish to contact SCI, (Safari Club International), in Tucson, Arizona. They list a total of 13 different slams in their awards programs. As for the North American grand slam and the species, they require a minium of 29 of the following species.

Jaguar Stone Sheep Cent. Barren Ground Caribou
Cougar Bighorn Sheep Arctic Islands Caribou
Brown Bear Desert Bighorn Sheep Mt. Caribou
Grizzly Bear PronghornQuebec-Lab. Caribou
Polar Bear Rocky Mt. Elk Woodland Caribou
Am. Black Bear Roosevelt ElkRocky Mtn. Mule Deer
Gray wolf Tule Elk Desrt Mule Deer
Amer. Bison Alaska-Yukon Moose Columbia BlacktailedDeer
MuskoxW. Canada Moose Sitka Blacktailed Deer
Am.Mountain Goat E. Canada Moose Whitetailed Deer
Dall Sheep Shiras Moose Coues Whitetailed Deer
Alaskan-Yukon B.G. Caribou

The other Grand Slam programs they list are: World Moose, European Deer, Whitetail Deer of the World, North American Deer, North American Caribou, North American Elk, North American Wild Sheep, Bears of the World,Cats of the World,African 29, Dangerous Game of Africa, and the African Big 5.

[gunny97]

Thanks Gaff , i see that i have three of the list guess i should get moving if i want to try

[mark nelson]

I'd love to do it myself but with the draw odds or $50k plus, I talked to a guy last fall that spent $65k on his hunt,for a Desert Bighorn SheepI don't think I'll ever get there from here. For that matter most of the sheep are out of my reach, by the time you hunt all four of them, just once, you could spend $100k.As much as I'd like to huntthe polar bear,at $30k for one hunt and I've talked to a guy who did it twice before he got one, it is more than I can do. Oh well...Todate I've hunted 8 having taken 7 of themand have plans to hunt 3 or 4more in the next two years. I figure if I can get 15 to 20 of them before I runout of time or money that'll be pretty good fora country boy fromAlabama.
Sofar I've taken:
Whitetail deer with rifle and bow
Black bear with rifle and bow
Antelope with rifle, twice
RockyMt. Elk with rifle
Bison with rifle
Musk ox with rifle
Arctic Island Caribouwith rifle

HuntedMule deer without getting one. Plus I've got a deposit on a Quebec-Lab. Caribouhunt for this fall, making plans to hunt Mt. Lion next winter andI'm researching a Brown bear and Sitka deer hunt of the fall of 07. Which with some luck could get me to 11.It sure has been a fun ride!!!!

[gunny97]

Thanks for the message. im starting a little late but i do have the Black Bear,Mule Deer and white tail. going after Elk,Bison,Antelope this fall and next year grizzly, moose, caribou, black tail

good luck on your hunts