If you complete a waterfowl slam, you’ll receive a colorful Waterfowl Slam leg band, perfect for hanging on a lanyard. Complete an upland game slam, and you’ll receive a colorful Upland Game Slam “coin.” Each coin looks like the brass end of a shotgun shell and is laser engraved with the slam details.
Every time you complete a slam, you’ll receive a different leg band or coin. Also, if you’re one of the first 500 people to sign up for the Waterfowl Slam, you’ll receive a Waterfowl Slam T-shirt.
The cost to participate in the Upland Game Slam program or the Waterfowl Slam program is $10 for those 17 years of age and younger, and $20 for adults. You can also participate in both programs by paying the registration fee for each.
You can learn more about the Waterfowl Slam at www.wildlife.utah.gov/slam. Upland Game Slam details are available at www.wildlife.utah.gov/uplandslam.
Have fun while giving back
Blair Stringham, migratory game bird coordinator for the DWR, and Avery Cook, upland game project leader for the DWR, say there are several reasons the DWR and a long list of co-sponsors are offering the slams. Creating more interest in waterfowl and upland game hunting, and raising funds to help conserve waterfowl and upland game in Utah, are among them.
“The slams are a win-win for everyone,” Cook says. “Hunters win through giving back to the resource while adding something fun to their hunt. Upland game and waterfowl populations win through the funding hunters provide. Almost all of the funding to manage upland game and waterfowl in Utah comes from hunters.”
Stringham and Cook say the money raised through the slams will be used for on-the-ground habitat projects and other projects that will benefit waterfowl and upland game in the state.
If you have questions about the slams, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the DWR’s Salt Lake City office at 801-538-4700.
Contact: Mark Hadley, DWR Relations with the Public Specialist, 801-538-4737