Gary Martin Super Slam

Super Slam Completed by Bowhunter Gary Martin

Gary Martin completed his Super Slam and his Grand Slam of North American wild sheep with this Rocky Mountain bighorn, taken on a hunt in Alberta in November, 2008. Gary completed his Super Slam and his Grand Slam of North American wild sheep with this Rocky Mountain bighorn, taken on a hunt in Alberta in November, 2008.

He is the 16th bowhunter to complete the North American 28 and the 8th to complete the North American 29. He started his journey in 1980 and it took him 20 years to complete. If you’re wondering what Gary Martin is going to do now, he doesn’t plan on hanging up his bow. Four of the animals he took on this quest didn’t make Pope & Young, so he’s planning on fixing that. Good luck Gary.

So what is the Super Slam?

The North American archery “Super Slam” involves taking the 28 North American big game animals as recognized by the Pope & Young Club by bow and arrow.

The animals in the North American archery “Super Slam” are:

  • Grizzly bear
  • Alaska brown bear
  • Black bear
  • Polar bear
  • Woodland caribou
  • Mountain caribou
  • Quebec-Labrador caribou
  • Barren ground caribou
  • Central Canada barren ground caribou
  • Whitetail deer
  • Coues’ white-tailed deer
  • Mule deer
  • Columbian black-tailed deer
  • Sitka black-tailed deer
  • Rocky Mountain elk
  • Roosevelt elk
  • Alaska/Yukon moose
  • Shiras moose
  • Canada moose
  • Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
  • Dall’s sheep
  • Stone’s sheep
  • Desert bighorn sheep
  • Mountain Lion
  • Bison
  • Rocky Mountain goat
  • Muskox
  • Pronghorn antelope