washington slam

[Turkeyman]

How many turkey hunters have taken the washington slam?

[Wacenturion]

One single season and two multiple season slams. 

[Gutpile]

Can barely get one. All I've shot is Merriams.

[Gobble]

I haven't tried for it yet, I pretty much hunt the same areas every year (Eastside) but one of these years in the near future I need to get my name on the roster  

[Turkeyman]

We are lucky to be able to hunt three subspecies in washington it's a great experience.

[yelp]

Got one in 1998.  Need to harvest a couple more easterns to get multiple season...got plenty of rio and merriams lined up.  I need to hook up with wacenturian or turkeyman and do some trading....

[Turkeyman]

I'm game for that i havn't killed a bird in Lincon co. is that where you hunt? Come on over i will put you on them. I have helped a few friends from the east side get there eastern.

[Intruder]

Never tried... however, I have killed both a Merriams and a Rio in the same season several times.  Generally, if after I get my 2 birds on the east side I go hunt Idaho or just take people out and call for em.  Awful far to go when I can just drive 30 min and hunt ID.   

[Turkeyman]

Idaho has some great turkey hunting i have killed a couple birds up around pierce.

[fishunt247]

I usually just go for two merriams. I just love to hunt gobbling turkeys, no matter the species. But I will do that one of these years. I was with my dad on his eastern hunt to complete the slam, but it didn't work out. We were on some birds, but the only one we saw we jumped it. It was a big gobbler, and he could have shot it out of the air, but he didn't want to kill one like that. Oh well. Always another year.

[Elkstuffer]

This should be on "The one that got away" thread. The first time that I ever went turkey hunting was on the west side for Easterns. I scouted for 3 weeks before the season and got all set up on opening morning. Started calling and had my decoy out. I called for about 2 hours and got bored. Picked everything up and went for a little walk. Came back to the original spot about 30 minutes later and there were two toms standing where my decoy was. They saw me a blew out of there.

 It still kills me to think that I came that close to harvesting the hardest bird on my first hunt. I've killed numerous Rio's and Merriams since.

[243slinger]

I know one person that has got the Washington Slam he just called them in

[Tom Tamer]

Wac, Yelp is there a time limit on the multi season or is it just whenever you happen to get lucky number three?
 I'm still needing a Rio for my multiyear.

[Tom Tamer]

                                                                                                     
This should be on "The one that got away" thread. The first time that I ever went turkey hunting was on the west side for Easterns. I scouted for 3 weeks before the season and got all set up on opening morning. Started calling and had my decoy out. I called for about 2 hours and got bored. Picked everything up and went for a little walk. Came back to the original spot about 30 minutes later and there were two toms standing where my decoy was. They saw me a blew out of there.It still kills me to think that I came that close to harvesting the hardest bird on my first hunt. I've killed numerous Rio's and Merriams since.

Best advice I ever got from an Old turkey hunter was when you decide to move.....wait ten more minutes. I wonder if I truly listened to that I'd still be under a tree some where counting to ten But your case always seems to be the rule. Know my Dad did that a couple years back on an eastern, he sat in one spot for three hours hadn't heard athing. Finally nature called so loud he had to get up when he did the Tom was behind him about 30 yards busted. Next day same spot he sits for two hours with out hearing a word as he gets up to move notices the tom noticing him on the road 75 yards away...busted. Wish those buggers would anounce their arrival once in a while

 

[WABONEHNTR]

I am 1 turkey from the world slam.  Just have the osceola to go.