grand slam or Predator Masters North American Big Five

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elks Predator slam got me to typing. Rather than change the direction of his thread I started a new one.

Would you want to start the Predator Masters North American Big Five. Kind of a take off of the African big five.
Here is a list of the predators I could think of that could be chosen for the big five.
Black bear
Cougar
Coyote
Wolf
Red Fox
Grey Fox
Kit Fox
Swift Fox
Badger
Bobcat
Lynx

Questionable whether these would be on the list of predators.
Wolverine
Fisher

I think the big five should be five of the toughest to hunt or call. Like the African big five is the most dangrous. I also think the big five would have to be five that could be hunted almost every where in North America.

This would be a big five list that could be atanable anywhere in N.A.

Black bear
Cougar
Coyote
Fox
Bobcat

But would it be to easy? May be changeing it to these:
Black bear
Cougar
Wolf
Lynx
Bobcat
Would add the difficulty to make it a true challange.

What do you think?
Steve
 
Kinda begs the questions about Bears, don't it? If you list the Black, an omnivore, where the others are pretty much carnivores, except for the occasional berry patch, then why overlook the Grizzley/Brown Bear? They are callable, last I hear you shoot a rifle in the woods on Kodiak Island, and they come a runnin'! Are you considering any and all meat eaters that are legal to hunt somewhere in North America? Is there a classification that includes Grizz and Coons in the same group? Are you basing your top 5 on lethality, or the ability to hunt YOU, or some other standard? It's tough to classify, then to narrow the list down, but it's kinda fun to think about!
 
When was the last time you read a current story about someone heading off to Africa to
hunt the big 5? That one is out of reach of most people finances.

Let’s face it most of us predator hunters are just average Joe Blows. I think if we are going to do something like this it should be something attainable. Just the black bear and cougar would probably make it impossible for some of us. But it would be easy for some, and if you really wanted to do it you wouldn’t have to sell the family farm to be able to swing it.

For me in Ohio I would have to go to another state to get the chance to hunt Black Bear,Cougar and Bobcat.

Steve
 
I like your first list of five. You are right, it would be very obtainable but I still think it would be tough. Especially if you put a time constraint on it. The Lynx might not be an option because its current status in the lower 48 states is endangered.
 
Thats a good list of five for lower 48,if it was N America I would say
Brown bear/grizzly
black bear
cougar
wolf
lynx/bobcat
 
This was similar to what I was getting at.... What list would you consider to be a list for measuring achievement in predator calling? I really like the idea of it being affordible and achieveable. For now i am just trying to check off what is avbalible in CO. For me the ultimate list:

Mtn. Lion
Bob Cat
Coyote
Wolf
Black Bear
Brown/Grizzly Bear
Lynx
Fox

I think this is my goal... Not in one year, but over my lifetime of calling. I think this fall I am going to try hard for the Black Bear and hopefully someday add fox to my check off.
 
Popped in for a quick look for something else and got snagged by this interesting thread. I have made it a lifelong hobby to call as many critters as I can and am up over 30 species not counting waterfowl. The list called includes even more "kinds" of animals if you count using a totally different call to selectively call a male of the species or a female (which you can do with moose, elk, all three main N. American deer, and brook trout). British Columbia is the best place for a resident hunter to call most of the harder ones on the list.

I've called both of the first suggested lists for a big five, though have not personally killed all of them. Sometimes a calling partner has done the shooting when I called, and neither of us shot a wolf though it came in when called. (It counts in my personal list, though not officially). Grizzly readily come to a call, as do black bears at times. Blacks are erratic, which usually just means we haven't figured them out yet.

Also on foxes, there are reds, greys and if you want to get picky, cross foxes though the ones I've called I assumed were variant colors of reds. I've never called a kit fox that I know of though once what I thought was an odd small grey in So. CA may have been. Also haven't called Swift fox, wolverine nor fisher, have called martin and weasel.

For a total list we could add raccoon and jaguar. Possum???
 
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