A hypothetical: for a US "Big 3 Deer Slam"

[Lou (Louis)]

There's only two deer, mule and whitetail; everything else is a subspecies of one of those. In your hypothetical slam, you're counting mule and blacktail as separate, but then trying to decide if a whitetail subspecies (Coues) counts as a whitetail... sorta makes my head hurt.

Not sure. There is a biological argument that the mule deer is the result of a cross between a BT and a WT.

 

[Lou (Louis)]

Nonresidents can hunt whitetail over the counter in WA.

Wow. This reply is why I love this place.
You taught me something new.
Guide suggestions in WA, please.

 

[alecvg]

I would say Cousy and Whitetails aren’t bad interchangeable, just like Columbian Blacktails and Sitka Blacktails aren’t interchangeable.

Lots of options for western Whitetail- Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming- all easy to get tags. I’d say the easiest place would be Montana to get it done.

 

[Grundy53]

In my opinion, a regular Whitetail would be much easier to accomplish. They are Over the counter in Washington and Idaho. It's pretty easy to draw within a couple of years in montana or Wyoming. I can't speak to Wyoming, but the other 3 states I mentioned have plentiful whitetail populations.

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[displacedtexan]

It's a hypothetical thing that doesn't exist... Can't you just tell people that you hypothetically have one?

 

[MattB]

If you are going to make a up a slam, just make it a 2 deer slam so you have already completed it.

 

[MattB]

It's a hypothetical thing that doesn't exist... Can't you just tell people that you hypothetically have one?

In this day and age, he can just identify as a successful coues deer hunter, which makes it real-er.

 

[doc holiday13]

I personally find it odd that you'd have a black tail and a muley before getting whitetail. But I'm an east coaster

 

[wind gypsy]

This is so California.

 

[CamoPirate]

Still working on my Rabbit Grand Slam.

 

[Btaylor]

Still working on my Rabbit Grand Slam.

Does the snowshoe count as a rabbit or is there a separate Hare slam?

 

[wildwilderness]

Coues are small so it would not fit in a "Big" 3 deer slam....

 

[Garryett]

I would say there are 5… since P&Y and B&C classify them. Columbia Blacktail, Sitka Black tail. Whitetail, Coues, Mule deer.

 

[SirChooCH]

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Only 3...?

 

[grfox92]

I would say there are 5… since P&Y and B&C classify them. Columbia Blacktail, Sitka Black tail. Whitetail, Coues, Mule deer.

This is what I know as the North American deer slam. If I was the OP it's what I would be going for.

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[Shō[t]gun]

If you're separating Colombia BT from mulies then I'd imagine you'd have to separate Coues from Eastern WT's as well. Having hunted both, Coues are a completely different style than Easterns and I wouldn't put them anywhere near the same category.

 

[CamoPirate]

Does the snowshoe count as a rabbit or is there a separate Hare slam?

Idk but all I need is a Jackalope

 

[Scoot]

Idk but all I need is a Jackalope

I'm considering going for the "Big 3 Jackalope Slam". Can anyone tell me if the limp-eared southern jlope qualifies???

 

[CamoPirate]

I'm considering going for the "Big 3 Jackalope Slam". Can anyone tell me if the limp-eared southern jlope qualifies???

Mere mentions of the southern Jackalope disqualifies you from the slam. I'm sorry but I don't make the rules.

 

[doc holiday13]

Still working on my Rabbit Grand Slam.

That sounds very West Virginian