Maine couple drive 991 miles to complete hunting ‘grand slam’ that saw them shoot a turkey, bear, moose and deer
A Maine couple traveled 991 miles to complete a hunting ‘grand slam’ in early November.
The couple took several months to complete their mission as both Lauren and Melvin Waycott killed a turkey, bear, moose and deer each.
The couple drove through forests and hunting camps as they started the mission in spring and completed it on November 7, Bangor Daily News reported.
The Waycotts told Bangor Daily News that they were the first couple from the Pine Tree State to achieve the ‘grand slam’ this year.
Lauren first shot a 19-pound male wild turkey in spring before killing a 265-pound adult female bear in mid September – only a few days after Melvin shot a slightly heavier boar.
In late September, Melvin caught up with Lauren, shooting a 17.5-pound turkey – as the couple reached the halfway mark of their mission.
Within 10 days of one another in October, the tag team then completed the moose part.
Melvin shot a 652-pound heavy bull on October 13 while Lauren harvested a 352-pound cow under the lead of Blackwater Guide Service in a large, heavily forested region in northern Maine.
Lauren and Melvin Waycott
The couple traveled 991 miles to harvest a turkey, moose, bear and deer each and achieve a hunting ‘grand slam’
Lauren shot a 265-pound adult female bear in mid September while Melvin shot a 276-pound heavy boar
The tag team completed their ‘grand slam’ in early November
Lauren then headed further north to go deer hunting with her father.
She completed her ‘grand slam’ in the late afternoon of November 3 when she shot a 188-pound buck.
Melvin, who had stayed home to pursue a buck he had been tracing with trail cameras, called his partner in crime and told her that they had achieved their couple goal after he harvested a 220-pound heavy buck as well.
The trophy hunters donated the two bucks they shot and a third deer harvested by Lauren’s father, to Hunters for the Hungry – a program that connects deer hunters with food banks, soup kitchens and homeless shelters.
