The Ovis World Slam is an award from Grand Slam Club/Ovis (GSCO) for taking at least 12 of the world’s wild mountain sheep under fair chase and ethical conditions. The club introduced the award in 1997. Hunters who finish all 12 go on to the Super 20, Super 30, Super 40 and Super 50 milestones. Those who also hold the Capra World Slam and the North American Grand Slam earn the Triple Slam, and fewer than 200 hunters have reached it since 2005.
What counts toward the 12
The Grand Slam of North American sheep counts, which means Dall, Stone, Rocky Mountain bighorn and desert bighorn. Add an aoudad and you hold five, so seven international species remain. Here are the animals on the list, with their sub-species:
- Argali: Altay, Gansu, Gobi, Hangay, Hume, Kara Tau, Karaganda, Kuruktag, Littledale, Tian Shan (Marco Polo), Matison, North China, Sair, Severtzov
- Aoudad
- Bighorn: California, Desert, Rocky Mountain
- Blue sheep: Chinese, Dwarf, Helan Shan, Himalayan
- Dall sheep
- Fannin sheep
- Kerman sheep
- Snow sheep: Chukotka, Kamchatka, Kolyma, Koryak, Okhotsk, Putorana
- Stone sheep
- Mouflon: Armenian, Corsican, Cyprian, Esfahan, Konya, Laristan
- Red sheep
- Urial: Afghan, Blanford, Ladakh, Punjab
Do it with a team that has done it before
Artemis Hunting has already completed the Ovis World Slam with clients, from the first species to the last. We help you organize your whole Slam and hunt it with you, including species order, permits, travel, documentation and trophy shipping.
