Master Hunter Award Categories

Full Rules & Regulations

Primary Awards

Must be completed in ascending order from Bronze to Grand Slam. For example, while your first submission may be an Elk, Caribou or Bull Moose needed for Gold, you will also need to harvest the other qualifying species required for Bronze and Silver before the Gold Level will be awarded to you.

To meet the Migratory Waterfowl requirements for Bronze, Silver, and Grand Slam awards, you will need to harvest 1 Puddle Duck, 1 Diving Duck, 1 Dark Goose and 1 White Goose from the qualifying species checklist.

  • Bronze badge

    Bronze  

    Harvest all 2:
    • Migratory Waterfowl or 2 Upland Game Birds species
    • Boar Black Bear or White-tailed Deer
  • Silver badge

    Silver  

      Harvest all 5:
    • Migratory Waterfowl
    • 2 Upland Game Birds
    • Boar Black Bear
    • White-tailed Deer
    • Wild Turkey or Sandhill Crane
    • AND
    • Bronze
  • Gold badge

    Gold  

    Harvest 1 of 3:
    • Elk
    • Caribou
    • Bull Moose
    • AND
    • Bronze
    • Silver
  • Platinum badge

    Platinum  

    Harvest 2 of 3:
    • Elk
    • Caribou
    • Bull Moose
    • AND
    • Bronze
    • Silver
    • Gold
  • Expert badge

    Expert  

    Harvest 4 of 5:
    • Elk
    • Caribou
    • Bull Moose
    • Gray Wolf
    • Coyote
    • AND
    • Bronze
    • Silver
    • Gold
    • Platinum
  • Grand Slam badge

    Grand Slam  

    Harvest 9 of 11:
    • Migratory Waterfowl
    • 2 Upland Game Birds
    • Elk
    • Caribou
    • Bull Moose
    • Gray Wolf
    • Coyote
    • White-tailed Deer
    • Boar Black Bear
    • Wild Turkey or Sandhill Crane
    • AND
    • Bronze
    • Silver
    • Gold
    • Platinum
    • Expert

Specialist Awards

  • Waterfowl Specialist badge

    Waterfowl Specialist  

    • 5 different Diving Duck
    • 5 different Puddle Duck
    • AND
    • Dark Geese
      • 1 Greater and 1 Lesser Canada Goose
      • OR
      • 1 White-fronted Goose
    • AND
    • White Geese
      • 1 Snow or Blue Goose
      • 1 Ross's Goose
  • Upland Specialist badge

    Upland Specialist  

    Harvest all 5:
    • Ruffed Grouse
    • Spruce Grouse
    • Sharp-tailed Grouse
    • Gray (Hungarian) Partridge
    • Ptarmigan
  • Unique Bird Specialist badge

    Unique Bird Specialist  

    Harvest 4 of 5:
    • Wild Turkey
    • Sandhill Crane
    • Coot
    • Snipe
    • Woodcock
  • Big Game Specialist badge

    Big Game Specialist  

    Harvest 4 of 5:
    • Elk
    • Caribou
    • Bull Moose
    • White-tailed Deer
    • Boar Black Bear
  • Predator Specialist badge

    Predator Specialist  

    Harvest all 2:
    • Gray Wolf
    • Coyote

Qualifying Species

Harvest the following species to qualify for awards.

  • Big Game  

    • Boar Black Bear
    • Bull Moose
    • Caribou
    • Elk
    • White-tailed Deer

  • Predator  

    • Coyote
    • Gray Wolf

  • Unique Birds  

    • Coot
    • Sandhill Crane
    • Snipe
    • Wild Turkey
    • Woodcock

  • Upland Game Birds  

    • Gray (Hungarian) Partridge
    • Ptarmigan
    • Ruffed Grouse
    • Sharptail Grouse
    • Spruce Grouse

Migratory Waterfowl

Harvest 1 species from each waterfowl classification within the migratory category to qualify for the Migratory Waterfowl requirement of Bronze, Silver, and Grand Slam Levels.

  • Dark Geese  

    • Greater Canada Goose
    • Lesser Canada Goose
    • White-fronted Goose

  • Diving Duck  

    • Bufflehead Duck
    • Canvasback Duck
    • Goldeneye Duck
    • Greater Scaup Duck
    • Lesser Scaup Duck
    • Merganser Duck
    • Redhead Duck
    • Ring-Necked Duck
    • Ruddy Duck
    • Scoter Duck

  • Puddle Duck  

    • American Widgeon Duck
    • Blue Winged Teal Duck
    • Gadwall Duck
    • Green Winged Teal Duck
    • Mallard Duck
    • Pintail Duck
    • Shoveler Duck
    • Wood Duck

  • White Geese  

    • Blue Goose
    • Ross's Goose
    • Snow Goose