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

[Lou (Louis)]

Ok, trying this again:

Let's say you have already bagged a blacktail (Columbia or Sitka) and a muley. You are missing only a whitetail for what?, let's call it a Big 3 Deer Slam (or whatever that would be called--help with that deeply appreciated, too.)
So, the only deer that you can chase, for whatever reason, is a Coues. You are lucky enough to bag one. Does that fulfill the Big 3 Slam (again, BT,Muley,WT)?

 

[bsnedeker]

Once again, there is no such thing so count it however you want.

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[Lou (Louis)]

Once again, there is no such thing so count it however you want.

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Thank you!
This surprises me a bit: turkeys have one, salmon have one, etc.

 

[bsnedeker]

Thank you!
This surprises me a bit: turkeys have one, salmon have one, etc.

There is a deer slam for North America, but it includes all 5 species.

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[Lou (Louis)]

There is a deer slam for North America, but it includes all 5 species.

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Thank you for the clarification, sir!
Let's pretend that there is a Big 3 Deer Slam. Would you consider a Coues a WT, is essentially the question.

 

[MuleyFever]

Why so worried about a pretend deer slam?

Maybe check out the AZ regulations, page 30 may help.

 

[bsnedeker]

Does it count if I did it with a plastic gun in a bar?

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[Lou (Louis)]

Why so worried about a pretend deer slam?

You know, I don't know. It's always been my dream to do it. 2/3 accomplished. Getting drawn as an out of stater in Oregon or Washington is very, very difficult, but would like to stay in the West, if possible (driving would be an option, for 1 thing).

 

[Lou (Louis)]

Does it count if I did it with a plastic gun in a bar?

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Only if they are all 4 pointers.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Hunting coues whitetail deer is nothing like hunting traditional whitetail deer at all. But if it helps you with your homeschooled version of a “slam” then go for it.

 

[Lou (Louis)]

Guide suggestions out West?

 

[bsnedeker]

You know, I don't know. It's always been my dream to do it. 2/3 accomplished. Getting drawn as an out of stater in Oregon or Washington is very, very difficult, but would like to stay in the West, if possible (driving would be an option, for 1 thing).

If it's your dream I say count it as your dream fulfilled.

I just wouldn't go around bragging about it since it's not a real thing.

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[Lou (Louis)]

If it's your dream I say count it as your dream fulfilled.

I just wouldn't go around bragging about it since it's not a real thing.

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I wouldn't be accomplishing it to brag. I know that you don't know me, but if you did, that thought wouldn't even enter your mind.
It's just something I've always wanted to do.
Just one of those check list, things: fished all of the Great Lakes; visited all of the Hawaiian Islands, etc.
And you know what the main reason would be for me for doing it? I want to compare them for the table.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Guide suggestions out West?

What state?

 

[Lou (Louis)]

What state?

Any one where I stand a reasonable chance of bagging one.
Answer particularly helpful if you have personal hunting knowledge of said guide(s).

 

[CorbLand]

I mean they are a whitetail so in theory yes, they would fill that “requirement.” You just don’t hunt them like you would hunt an eastern whitetail. But you don’t hunt Mexico muleys like you do in the Colorado high country…

I vote you go kill one of each.

 

[Lou (Louis)]

I mean they are a whitetail so in theory yes, they would fill that “requirement.” You just don’t hunt them like you would hunt an eastern whitetail. But you don’t hunt Mexico muleys like you do in the Colorado high country…

I vote you go kill one of each.

I like your thinking!

 

[Antares]

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.

 

[keystone112]

I would count Coues as whitetail, but wouldn’t plain old whitetail be easier ?

 

[BULLBLASTER]

Nonresidents can hunt whitetail over the counter in WA.