Minimum caliber for all of N.American game?

[thopkins22]

Six months later do we know what the JediMindTricks decided to buy for his do-it-all-kill-em-all rifle?

[Alaskagrown]

no love for the musk ox?

The minimum for me would have to be 300 Win Mag . I actually shot a 6' 3" black bear yesterday morning at 0030 hrs with a 338. nasty exit wound but I don't like ribs that much anyway.

That is quite an accomplishment. Many men hunt an entire lifetime to acheive that goal and spend a king's ransom in the process. Bearing in mind that going on a hunt does not mean that you will come back with the animal you are after. Completion of the list makes you eligeable to receive The Weatherby award. The most prestigous award in Big Game hunting. The completion of each species slam along the way, a Diamond award is awarded by SCI.

Let's take a look at all N.A. Big Game species and sub species, the check list if you will. 5 Caribou are needed for the Caribou slam, 4 Moose are needed for the Moose slam, 6 Deer are needed for the Deer slam, 2 Elk needed for the Elk slam, 4 Sheep for the Sheep slam and 5 Bear for the Bear slam.

Caribou:
Woodland
Central Barren Ground
Barren Ground
Mountain
Quebec-Labrador

Moose:
Alaska-Yukon
Shiras
Eastern Canada
Western Canada

Deer:
Whitetail
Blacktail-Columbia
Blacktail-Sitka
Rocky Mtn. Mule Deer
Desert Mule Deer
Cous

Elk:
Roosevelt
Rocky Mountain

Bison

Muskox

Pronghorn

Rocky Mtn. Goat

Sheep:
Dall
Bighorn
Stone
Fanin
Desert Bighorn

Bear:
Brown
Grizzly
polar
Black
Glacier

Wolf

Wolverine

Wild Boar

Javelina

Walrus


I would love to see your trophy room sometime.