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North American Super Slam[edit]
The North American Super Slam is a Challenge some hunters take to test their skills and to reach a once in a lifetime achievement. This challenge can be completed with either a rifle or archery equipment. The Super slam consists of 29 big game animals from across North America. Within the 29 big game animals to harvest they are broken up into sub categories. Bears, Cats, Deer, Elk, Caribou, Moose, Bison/ Muskox, Goat, Antelope, Sheep, and Auxiliary.[1]
Categories of Big Game[edit]
In the Bear category:
- Alaskan Brown Bear
- Black Bear
- Grizzly Bear
- Polar Bear
In the Cat category there is:
In the Deer category:
- Columbian Blacktail Deer
- Coues Deer
- Mule Deer
- Sitka Blacktail Deer
- Whitetail Deer
In the Elk category:
In the Caribou category:
- Barren Ground Caribou
- Central Canadian Barren Ground Caribou
- Mountain Caribou
- Quebec Labrador Caribou
- Woodland Caribou
In the Moose Category:
- Alaskan Yukon Moose
- Canada Moose
- Shiras Moose
In the Bison/Muskox category:
In the Goat category:
- American Mountain Goat
In the Antelope category:
In the Sheep category:
- California Bighorn Sheep
- Dall Sheep
- Desert Bighorn Sheep
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
- Stone Sheep
In the Auxiliary category:
- Atlantic Walrus
- Jaguar
- Pacific Walrus
About the Super Slam[edit]
The Super Slam of North America is achieved once every animal from all ten categories are harvested and registered. The only category that is not needed is the Auxiliary category.
While pursuing the North American Super Slam, hunters can reach the Super 10 and the Super 25.
The Super 10 is achieved when the hunter pursuing the Super Slam bags one animal from all ten categories.
The Super 25 is achieved when the hunter achieves the Super 10 and adds fifteen big game animals from any of the categories.
The Super 25 wasn’t in the challenge until after it was introduced in late 2011. The reason the Super 25 was added was for the fact that many hunters pursuing the Super Slam would never be able to complete the challenge within their lifetime. When a hunter completes the Super 25 he/she is considered to have completed the award of it being a life time achievement.[2]
This challenge is considered to be a lifetime quest taking 30 plus years to complete. The average cost to complete the super slam would be about $250,000 to complete. People who pursue the challenge of the super slam go about it by either doing it themselves or hiring a guide to help them.
The North American Super Slam Club was created in the 1970’s by Bob Household. Once a trophy is harvested and registered, the information is saved for future generations.[3]
The first person to complete the challenge was Chuck Adams.
People Who Have Completed the Super Slam[edit]
People who have completed the Super Slam using Archery equipment.
Tom Miranda- One of the most recognized for completing the North American Big Game Slam.
Jake Ensign- took him 30 years to complete the Super Slam. he created a web page stating how much the hunt costed, the difficulty of the hunt and how many times it took him to harvest the big game animal.[4]
Tom Hoffman- completed the super slam with archery equipment, but also has completed the slam where all of his animals harvested were Pope and Young. He was the first one to complete the challenge where all 29 big game animals qualified for the Pope and Young record book.
Frank Noska- UPS plane operator who completed the super slam with archery equipment. He was also not as recognized as some of the other hunters that have completed the slam.[5]
Ricardo Longoria-not highly known but completed the slam and was 1 of 4 hunters to achieve the World Hunting Award.
Anna Vorisek- Has not completed the slam yet, but is the first women to complete the Grand Slam of North American Sheep.
Fred Eichler- was the first person to complete the super slam with a recurve bow.
Jimmy Ryan- second person to complete the super slam with archery equipment right behind Chuck Adams.
Chuck Adams- Was the first person to complete the super slam with archery equipment. He wrote a book “Life at Full Draw” where he talks about the challenges of completing the super slam challenge.
Jim Shockey- completed the super slam with the muzzleloader.
Other challenges or Awards[edit]
While pursuing to complete the super slam, there is other challenges that hunters can complete and be rewarded for. Some of the awards are the Super 10, Super 25, and the Ovis/Capra.
The Ovis Capra is completed by harvesting all of the sheep and goat categories.
To achieve the Ovis/Capra award is thought to be a very hard task while pursuing the super slam challenge.