super slam question...
 

do all the animals have to be book before it's considered a slam?? or is just killing all the 28 species the super slam??

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I believe just taking all 28 species is what is considered the slam.

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I think you just have to kill them all.

According to the Jim Shockey commercial, making the book with all species is the ULTIMATE slam.

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Yeah, I have a Hoyt Catalog that has 3 Hoyt team members that have completed the Slam. It goes on to say that one of the members is one of 2 archers to complete the slam with all P&Y entries, but I don't know his name at this point.

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ok so the slam is done by just taking the animals be it male/female/book or not...ultimate slam is all animals must be book...

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i think its just taging them

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I will be there someday! At least I hope. I have7 different critter's with my bow thus far, a bunch to go!
- Black bear
- Mule deer
- Whitetail deer
- Culumbian Blacktail deer
- Sitka Blacktail deer
- Rosevelt Bull Elk
- Rocky Mountain Elk

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Good luck with that polar bear!

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Ya i know right! I will be included in the " NEW VERSION"

Maybe I will be up there with you someday Rob! I am going to try to get stationed up there. I do miss Kodiak!

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Getting most of the way there isn't the problem for alot of guys, finishing it is another story all together.

Alot of hunts are in the $5-12K range, like some Elk, Musk Ox, Bears, Mtn Goat, free range bison.
Some animals are cheaper, Elk, All the Deer, Cougar, Black Bear, etc.

But then there are the big ticket animals, and usually the ones that prevent the slam. These are current 09 Pricing, if you start saving now, you can expect a very significant increase by the time you have the money together on most guys budgets.

Currently..
Stone Sheep run around $20-30K
Bighorn Sheep run around $15-25K
Dall Sheep run around $12-20K
Desert Bighorn aren't cheap either, $45K being the lowball figure and up from there
Polar Bear hunts will cost you atleast $25k when its said and done, probably more around $30k+...and to top it off, they aren't even importable back into the US anymore...So go kill one, but the bear you just paid $30,000 to kill must be left up there.

Granted if you start applying now, you have an extremely slim chance of drawing a bighorn, desert bighorn, or mtn goat tag in the lower 48, allowing you to do it yourself. This often takes 20+ years of applying for a tag, most guys do so in every state possible, and takes several thousand dollars up front, in some cases $2-3K that you won't get back each year when it is all said and done. Applying isn't cheap either in the big picture.


Just taking the animal counts, though on some of the hunts a mature male is required by law.

Im not sure, but I THINK the Ultimate Slam is more inclusive than just the 29 listed by P&Y (tule elk recently added), I think the Ultimate slam is more around 50 animals, including things like gators, javelina, and such....again not sure, but there is a slam including 50 NA animals and it is titled something like the Ultimate Slam. Most of these titles aren't official, it is just nicknames coined by the bigtime hunters out accomplishing these things, and then naming it something.

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I'd Love to have done it, but honestly way too many $$ for this workin' man.

Dan

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I agree Dan! It's doable for the right person no doubt, just ungodly spendy.

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Many guys that have completed have claimed to spend around $400K when its all said and done, some less, some more. Im sure you could get it done for maybe even150k less thanthat.....but any way you go about it, a few hundred thousand dollars on hunting trips is far out of nearly anyones reaches.

Ill just complete the slam through reading about others adventures:D

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Well I surely don't have the funds! Not on a military budget! However, I am very lucky to be able to be stationed in places I would never live for a long period of time. Giving me the opportunity at the "local Game" And in some cases resident tag prices help too!

My dreams are shattered!

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I'm working onthe WV Slam. Right now I've already taken a whitetail deer, possum, chimunk, squirrel, black bear, black snakeand yard bird. I still need a turkey, racoon and field mouse.;)

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Stay after'em!! You'll get'em in No time!:D

Dan

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Don't forget the dangerous, toothie critters: coyote, red fox and tree fox.

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My understanding, which may not be correct, is a slam is all28 animals and the super slam is all 28 animals in the book.
Yahtzee!!!!
I believe Chuck Adams was the first to accomplish this with archery..??
Also believe that Jim Shocky was the first with a muzzle loader...??

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I work with a guy that has completed the slam.I think it was with all book animals, I'll have to ask him. I know that he's been at it for at least 28 years. He is also a taxidermist and has all of them mounted in his house. I've seen them while getting my deer scored (he's an official scorer). The polar bear is awesome, just huge. I think it was #6 in the world when he shot it. It is super expensive!!


http://www.journaltimes.com/articles...f173718677.txt

The article in the link was written last Feb. He finished his quest this season.

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Wow... Wow, what a story!
I felt among royalty, getting to see the level of one of my old friends whitetail deer accomplishments,
over the holiday season (his man room).

Knowing / meeting someone like this would be awesome and quite rewarding while talking over beers, yes the liquid kind;), it's not a typo! :D