The Grand Slam Club/Ovis Super Slam and Super 10.

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How many of you are aware of this organization or have completed some of their hunting milestones like the Super Slam or Super 10?

Here's the website for those that may not be familiar with the organization: https://grandslamclub.org/awards/.

The North American Super Slam involves taking all 29 of North America's Big Game Species seen below:

https://grandslamclub.org/wp-content/uploads/Super-Slam-Application.pdf

Hunters that have completed this belong to a rather exclusive club with only 236 people who have successfully accomplished it to date. It would take a lifetime to complete this list and would be cost prohibitive to most of us, especially considering all 5 sheep hunts are required.

The Super 10 is a condensed, more achievable version of the Super Slam, where the hunter needs to harvest 1 animal from each of the 10 big game categories seen below.

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I have previously taken 3/10 but I will be starting fresh this Fall with the goal of harvesting all 10 within the next decade.

The organization is also known for it's "Grand Slam" which requires the hunter to take all of North America's sheep species (Bighorn, Dall, Desert & Stone).
 

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Just a head's up. Years ago when I hunted sheep avidly ( now I hunt them like an old man should, slowly, very slowly) I was a member.I am lucky to have achieved a 1/2 Slam, could never afford a desert sheep hunt, and still chasing a Rocky Mountain Big Horn.They have a quarterly journal (Ovis)with hunt reports. They published a hunt report of a combo hunt in Northern B.C. which took a Stone's sheep and a grizzly.The hunter clearly described taking the grizzly over bait.I wrote the head fellow of the organization . I explained the grizzly was taken illegally and unethically ( by B.C. Hunting regulations).. He did reply but brushed off the criticism. So i suggest caution in any dealings with the group. The fellow in charge then had serious health issues so very likely not in charge anymore.
Good luck in your hunts!
 
The Region I live in has 10 Species of Big Game. It had 12 but the Caribou almost gone and the Buffalo have been gone for centuries.
 
big bear said:
Just a head's up. Years ago when I hunted sheep avidly ( now I hunt them like an old man should, slowly, very slowly) I was a member.I am lucky to have achieved a 1/2 Slam, could never afford a desert sheep hunt, and still chasing a Rocky Mountain Big Horn.They have a quarterly journal (Ovis)with hunt reports. They published a hunt report of a combo hunt in Northern B.C. which took a Stone's sheep and a grizzly.The hunter clearly described taking the grizzly over bait.I wrote the head fellow of the organization . I explained the grizzly was taken illegally and unethically ( by B.C. Hunting regulations).. He did reply but brushed off the criticism. So i suggest caution in any dealings with the group. The fellow in charge then had serious health issues so very likely not in charge anymore.
Good luck in your hunts!
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Thanks for that info. Ive hunted black bear over bait but that's legal here in Ontario.

I've been putting the numbers together for both DIY and guided hunts for all of these species and the sheep is the one that will be the most difficult to put together in terms of cost, especially in Canada.

I'm considering going to the states for that one as you can hunt a bighorn south of the border for 1/10th the cost of the cheapest Canadian guided sheep hunt.
 
I've killed 6 species out of all mentioned, DIY of course. A person has to have deep pockets or deep debt to complete that exhausting task.
 
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I've killed 6 species out of all mentioned, DIY of course. A person has to have deep pockets or deep debt to complete that exhausting task.
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I'll be able to do 3 of them DIY with the remaining 7 requiring using outfitters out of province.

You guys out west have an advantage here with the greater selection of OTC tags.
 
Northern Shooter said:
I'll be able to do 3 of them DIY with the remaining 7 requiring using outfitters out of province.

You guys out west have an advantage here with the greater selection of OTC tags.
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In addition to the 6 I killed, I could also hunt Big Horn Sheep and cougar. Grizzly as well, when it was available on draw; today it is outlawed. Alberta and British Columbia have the most/best diversity of wildlife in Canada, it's Canada's Africa, that's why I won't go there, for many reasons.
 
track said:
In addition to the 6 I killed, I could also hunt Big Horn Sheep and cougar. Grizzly as well, when it was available on draw; today it is outlawed. Alberta and British Columbia have the most/best diversity of wildlife in Canada, it's Canada's Africa, that's why I won't go there, for many reasons.
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The Yukon has to be up there as well, that's always what I thought of when I think "Canadian Safari."

Aside from small game they have:
1. Wolf
2. Wolverine
3. Coyote
4. Moose
5. Caribou (Mountain, Barren Ground)
6. Wood Bison
7. Sheep (Dall, stone, fannin)
8. White Tail
9. Mule Deer
10. Elk
11. Black Bear
12. Grizzly

While there are currently no open seasons you may also have the chance to observe Muskox and Polar Bear.

Looks like the majority of those are also availible in B.C.
 
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While not a bucket list guy, I have harvested 6 species on the list also.
I may hit 7 if I happen to get a moose draw, but that would be it.
I am too old to tackle a bison and the caribou and cougar options are not in my future.
 
I’m at 9 out of ten on that list, and I guess that I’ll never finish because sheep just don’t interest me enough to spend the big bucks. On the other hand, I’ve shot sheep on other continents and ss fsr as I’m concerned a sheeps a sheep. I sort of like the idea of the super ten though, in some ways. An elk is an elk and a moose is a moose too.Plenty of biological opinion the a caribou is a caribou as well. Many of the distinctions are just by hunters for hunters. Hunters decided that brown bear and grizzlies are different, but an Alaskan hunting licence just says brown bear.

Where I feel they dropped the ball a bit is lumping bison and musk-ox together. The bison is a bovine and a musk-ox is a giant sheep.
 
For me I won’t even try to chase after that list lol! I have barren ground caribou, mountain caribou, Yukon/alaska moose, arctic ground squirrel, ruffed and spruce grouse, ptarmigan, snowshoe hare, porcupine… maybe I get lucky this spring with a black bear and next season with a bison… as for sheep and goat they are a lot of work for little meat so I rather spent my time looking for moose and caribou!
I might if one come close get a coyote or two for the pelt, not much interest in wolf, wolverine or grizzly!
 
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