Alright guys, most of us can't afford to hunt all the species required for the Superslam. So, I had an idea. We can just go for the Not-so-Superslam. :bigsmyl: :archer:
I like the idea. No hogs or dillos here. I can see a hunting trip for a hog, but don't know I would spend a lot of time or money on a dillo. I can see snakes if we had anything of size to use the skin, but a garter or blue racer will not amount to much so no reason to kill one. Skunk really? :scared: I don't know about that one.
I have taken most of the animals on that list but I will never be in the Not-so Superslam club. Sorry but I WILL NOT shoot a skunk with my bow.
I will just have to be satisfied with the Not-so-Not-so-Superslam club.
Bisch
No skunks, coons or possums but everything else is fair game.Oh yeah we'd get arrested for shooting tweety birds in NY.That fox is a tough one but Im always looking.Whos keeping records?Im already have several registries in the "Pope And None" club for getting skunked by deer the last 2 years so this may help ease the pain some.
eI actually killed 2 skunks 2 weeks ago to make back quivers for my two sons. Smelly, but they are worth it.
If needed we can take the skunks off. :saywhat:
Don Thomas had an article in Tradaditional Bowhunter a year or so ago that listed a number of realistically attainable animals to comprize an average person's Slam. The article was also plagiarized and printed in another magazine so the idea has circulated fairly widely. Don't have that article in front of me but there might be a few animals listed there that you've left out. Have fun. :thumbsup:
John I think skunks are beautiful and even bought a hide to make a quiver but man I wont dare shoot one.Coons are another,Id like to have a couple pelts but its hard to get a taxidermist to accept one to get the hide tanned since rabies and distemper runs rampant round here from time to time.Keep killing skunks and we can add your to our tally for membership to the Not So Superslam Club.You forgot frogs though.
Well, any term ending with the word "slam" makes me think of professinal wrestling, not hunting. Or, better yet, a Denny's breakfast. But I digress! 8^).
I would submit to you, that a real archer would do well to have a much tougher challenge, so I will unveil (at a later date) my "Superslam of Roving." Yes....I know! It sends shivers down the back of even the hardiest of arrow slingers just to think about it. :scared:
Yet if we have any sand in our posteriors, we must face the inevitable challenge of the "Superslam of Roving." And, I will tell you it will not be easy; au contraire, it will be very difficult....physically and mentally taxing.
But....you won't have to buy expensive hunting licenses or use a guide service, so it can be done on the tightest budget (that means cheap).
But again, I digress. Back to your regularly scheduled program: Not-so -Superslam Club.
I'll try to keep it to a state slam. All legal game animals in the state you live in. I have one deer, and nothing else so far with the 'curve. I have taken all species in CT with other methods, though. Incl. porcupine, which I didn't kill, but I poked it with a stick so I considered it a trophy.
Just a heads up---most "tweety birds" are songbirds are protected by federal law. It's a game law violation in every state to kill them and the fines can be high, plus loss of hunting priveleges and possible confiscation of weapon. The federal law considers most perching birds as songbirds. If it's not a game bird in season, best bet is to leave it be. See Migratory Bird Act. Songbirds bring joy through song---why kill them?
Yep, them tweety birds are protected, Take them and dillo off the list and I can do it. I just can't see driving to Texas from Washington just to shoot a dillo for a not so slam.
Yotes should be on the list.
I have been working on the backyard redneck superslam. Anything legal from my yard. Whitetail, bunny, coon, yote, squirrel, turkey and bobact(if they open the season next year for my county). I need the coon, yote and cat!
Seems like deer and hogs really don't belong on a slam list with coons, woodchucks and armadillos. Even a fox or a coyote are pretty tough critters to get with a bow! I guess I like katie's idea of a back yard slam....
Well I'm trying for a crow at this time! The roving slam sounds like a good one, too!
Ground hog, ducks or geese are my others.
Yes, be careful with birds, we had a swan that was shot not far from here. A large reward and prison time, not my idea of fun!
I think the roving slam sounds good. I already have a pine cone on the list...but then it would be like George to make us all start over and exempt any of our previous conquests.
S.
Starlings, being a non-native imported and invasive species, are legal to shoot in most if not all states and are not federally protected. Both red and gray fox are getting pretty rare in many places so I'll only shoot one with a camera. Coyotes on the other hand are fair game under any conditions. I don't have much need to shoot an armadillo, either. What do they taste like?
Hey guys, I actually done this as a joke, but I think that it would be really cool to have a running list for the Not-so-Superslam and the Superslam of Roving. Yotes were supposed to be on the list, I guess I left them off.
Well we can start a running list: Whitetail, yotes, bobcat, hogs, squirrel, turkey, dillo, wabbit, fox, opossum, snake, fish, coon,tweety bird (starling), and skunk. What do you think, any additions or subtractions?
I have not killed a bobcat, that one will be tough.
I forgot to add the chuck! I have one lone fox at my place so he stays off the list!
I think you may have to come up with another list that's a bit more do-able for us West Coast guys...
Kind of like: Mule Deer, Blacktail Deer, Rocky Mtn. and Roosvelt Elk, Cottontail and possibly jack rabbit [they are now protected here in WA], grouse, coyote, Speed Goat, and Bear, [Cougar and bobcat if your really lucky] The "exotics" like Big Horn sheep, Mountain Goat, and Moose can probably be left off as the Average Bowhunter will probably never see a "Tag" in a lifetime..... OH and as many Wolves as you can Kill by any means.
I know I'm too old to ever accomplish this list, but wish I was still young enough to "Give It a Go"
Gene :thumbsup:
DON'T SHOOT ME :archer:
I am not going to make a trip to TX to shoot a dillo!!!!!
How about a mini squirrel slam. Red, fox, black, chippy, and the elusive flying
Here in good'ol IN. we don't have dillo's but the rest is within reach, and do to my recent job loss it look's like I my have some time on my hand's. Bobcat's are kinda scarce might have to check the REG's on them. Good Hunting, Jason
I was stumping the other day and bagged a trophy bull steel grain bin. twice. Does that count toward a not so super slam?
My wife is a huntress and extremely understanding
but I wonder what she would say when I told her I had to fly to Texas to arrow an armadillo to complete my not so super slam... :D
I am all about a Not-so-superslam,sounds fun. I know that I would not be able to complete a superslam on my present course,but thats ok. I Know I will not even get to hunt all the speices in my own state. But thats ok.It is nice that I do have several speices to hunt in Utah,more than I will be able to draw tags for. But thats ok. It just dosn't matter I am still have alot of fun. When that pile of brush in the rim rock looks like it has a full curl and my arrow hits it's mark on the brush. I guess that will have to be my desert big horn for now.
No matter what -- I am not shooting a skunk. I don't want to be within bow range of a skunk.
Slams should have 4 or 5 things or they end up being bucket lists.
I like the roving slam -- stump, pop can, paper junk and rusted can't-identify-it-thing.
Well, maybe we can set up a pol with the above animals and use the top 5 for the 2010 Not-so-Superslam. This could turn out to be some kinda' fun.
Bill, if ya really want to shoot a dillo, maybe i could mail you one. :biglaugh:
Alright guys, I just set up a poll.
George, your turn for the superslam of roving.
Bornagain: Thanks for the offer but Laura and I are done with having pets....besides, how do they do in the snow. We have quite a bit at the moment and more coming down as I type this.
QuoteOriginally posted by Orion:
Don Thomas had an article in Tradaditional Bowhunter a year or so ago that listed a number of realistically attainable animals to comprize an average person's Slam. The article was also plagiarized and printed in another magazine so the idea has circulated fairly widely. Don't have that article in front of me but there might be a few animals listed there that you've left out. Have fun. :thumbsup:
I have this issue somewhere. The idea for this is just as you said, it's for the people that either can't get the time to travel out of state to hunt for other species or don't have the money to. I think that in his article he suggested that everyone make a list of species to try to take that was specific to the area that they hunted in. (not all species live in all areas or are not legal to shoot in certain areas.)
I made a list of my own and have lost it somewhere. Honestly I had forgotten completely about it. I'm glad that this was brought up. It's interesting to see what some of the others think.
Bill, maybe you could keep it in the garage. :saywhat:
My goal is, one sheep, mountain goat, one big bear (brown or griz) muskox, antelope, one caribou, one moose, All deer (I love deer) black bear, one elk, just about one of everything just not all sub species.
Add the following to that list and I'm in:
1)Oak tree
2)Maple tree
3)Aspen
4)Concrete floor of range
5)Trash can
Armadillo! As Jerry Clower called it, "possum on the half-shell!"
Hey, anyone still working on this?
I am:)
How about that skunk pelt quiver idea? Functional and masking scent rolled into one!
I bagged my first gopher rats with my self bow two turkey seasons ago in a buddy's chicken coop in Tennessee. They will go on my back yard list. But wait a minute...we were spot lighting. Do they still count?
All I need is a skunk and a turkey and dang I've passed on some P&Y skunks.
This sounds like a pretty fun idea. I'll see how much headway I can make on it this year....
I have all of em except the fox, possum, and coon. I'd offer to substitute a chipmunk for the possum. Also, I think a frog would be a good sub for the coon. Finally, (you know what I'm doing) A flying starling at the edge of bow range should count for more than a common "tweety bird" and I have two witnesses (not counting the thousands of starylings that saw my arrow coming). Oh, and a swinging mountain dew can on a string....
Hmmmmmmmm....
For me, its the Southern Slam. I've got this thing about one day taking a buck, hog, turkey, and a black bear hear in the south(any where between Virginia and Alabama). Trying to get in on a bear hunt hear in the Carolinas.
I'll go for the "Yes I'll eat that Slam"
Turkey, Deer, Pig, Groundhog, Squirrel and Rabbit! 6 species total and I will be lucky to even see a pig in Ohio at all!
You guys up north just wait a little while and the armadillo will be up to see you the way they are coming.
A couple buddies and me were talking about a squirrel slam, One of each species that is legal and one from every state that has them. Little bit of traveling is good.
Im working on a rabbit slam I have brush rabbit -small cottontail, desert cottontail-big cottontail and black tail jackrabbit all I need is a snow shoe. Largest thing yet is a yote.Inglish sparrows are legal also.This could be fun.A squirrel slam is going to be fun.
I have my deer, turkey, squirrel, rabbit, and I got my groundhog last week. So I need: Coon, fish, bird, yote, and bobcat! I am going for all 10 in 1 year! This may take much of my focus off the whitetail till the turn of the year:( Ok, not in November!