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Weatherby Award

The Weatherby Award is awarded annually for remarkable lifetime achievements in the field of hunting and conservation.[1] It is considered "the Nobel Prize equivalent in hunting and conservationism" and the pinnacle to a long, successful hunting career.[2][3] Although it was first awarded in 1956, the Weatherby Foundation International was only established in 1988 to honour the deceased Roy Weatherby, founder of the eponymous gun manufacturer, Weatherby, Inc. The Foundation’s mission statement is “to educate youth and the non-hunting public on the beneficial role of ethical sport hunting and its contribution to wildlife conservation, and to protect our constitutional right to do so”.[4]

Weatherby Award
View of Omni Dallas Hotel, where the prize is awarded annually
Location7834 S. Lakeshore Drive
Tempe
Arizona
CountryUnited States
Presented byWeatherby Foundation International
First awarded1956
Currently held byRussia Alexander Egorov
WebsiteOfficial website

Laureates

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The list of winners is available at the official Weatherby Foundation website.[5]

Year Winner Country Nominees Comments
1956 Herb W. Klein   United States Unknown
1957 Jack O'Connor   United States Don Hopkins, Myles Brown, Col T. Whelen, Robert Taylor, Jack Roach.[6]
1958 Warren Page   United States Julio Estrada, Berry Brooks
1959 Berry B. Brooks   United States Julio Estrada
1960 Elgin T. Gates   United States Bobby Burns, George Parker, Lloyd Zeug, HIH Prince Abdorreza, Julio E. Estrada, Dr. Frank Hibben, John B. Lagarde
1961 Julio E. Estrada   Mexico HIH Prince Abdorreza, Dr. Frank Hibben, John B. Lagarde
1962   H.I.H Abdul Reza Pahlavi   Iran Dr. Frank Hibben, John B. Lagarde, Lloyd Zeug, Bobby Burns, George Parker, William A. Fisher.
1963 John B. Lagarde   United States Dr. Frank Hibben, Lloyd Zeug, Francois Edmond-Blanc, George Parker, William A. Fisher, Weir McDonald, W. Brandon Macomber.
1964 Dr. Frank C. Hibben   United States
1965 François Edmond-Blanc   France
1966 Dr. W. Brandon Macomber   United States
1967 Dan W. Maddox   United States
1968 Weir McDonald   United States
1969 C.J. McElroy   United States
1970 George H. Landreth   United States
1971 Juan Naude Cordova   Mexico
1972 James R. Mellon II   United States
1973 Basil C. Bradbury   United States
1974 Dr. Kenneth W. Vaughn   United States
1975 No award
1976 Rudolf Sand   Denmark
1977 Valentín de Madariaga y Oya   Spain
1978 Arthur W. Carlsberg   United States
1979 Dr. Robert E. Speegle   United States
1980 Watson T. Yoshimoto   United States
1981 Dr. Carlo Caldesi Biella   Italy
1982 Glenn Slade   United States
1983 Mahlon T. White   United States
1984 Jacques Henrijean   Belgium
1985 Thornton Snider   United States
1986 Héctor Cuéllar   Mexico
1987 Dr. James E. Conklin   United States
1988 No award
1989 Donald G. Cox   United States
1990 Robert K. Chisholm   United States
1991 Gary R. Ingersoll   United States
1992 Hubert Thummler   Mexico
1993 L. Irvin Barnhart   United States
1994 Dr. Gerald L. Warnock   United States
1995 Jesús Yuren   Mexico
1996 Arnold E. Alward   Canada
1997 Ricardo Medem Sanjuán   Spain
1998 Dan L. Duncan   United States
1999 Pete Papac   United States
2000 Enrique Zamácola Millet   Spain
2001 Adrián Sada   Mexico
2002 Rex Baker   United States
2003 Mike Simpson   United States
2004 David J. Hanlin   United States
2005 Jimmie C. Rosenbruch   United States
2006 Federico Sada   Mexico
2007 Dr. Larry Rudolph   United States
2008 Alan Sackman   United States
2009 Bruce Keller   United States
2010 Tony Gioffre   United States
2011 Edward D. Yates   United States
2012 Thomas J. Hammond   United States
2013 J. Alain Smith   United States
2014 Renee Snider   United States
2015 Barbara Sackman   United States
2016 Kenneth Barr   United States
2017   Craig Boddington   United States Larry Higgins, Malcom King, José Madrazo Ambrosio, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko.
2018 Jim Shockey   Canada Alexander Egorov, Larry Higgins, Malcom King, Jay Link, José Madrazo Ambrosio.
2019 José Madrazo Ambrosio   Spain Alexander Egorov, Béla Hidvégi, Jay Link, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko.
2020 Alexander Egorov   Russia Brad Black, Béla Hidvégi, Jay Link, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko.
2021 No award
2022 Dr. Bradford Black   United States Jeff Demaske, Béla Hidvégi, Jay Link, Doug Yajko.[7]
2023   Béla Hidvégi [hu] Hungary Lee Anderson, Jan Dams, Jay Link, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko[8]

Laureates per country

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The following table shows the number of laureates per country:

Rank Country Laureates
1   United States 46
2   Mexico 7
3   Spain 4
4   Canada 2
5   Iran 1
6   France 1
7   Denmark 1
8   Italy 1
9   Belgium 1
10   Russia 1
11   Hungary 1
Total 66

See also

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  • Weatherby, Inc.
  • List of big-game hunters
  • Vokins, N. (2004). The Weatherby. Long Beach: Safari Press. pp. 413–419. ISBN 1-57157-189-2.

References

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  1. ^ Wayne van Zwoll, Shooter's Bible Guide to Handloading: A Comprehensive Reference for Responsible and Reliable Reloading, Simon. and Schuster (Nov., 2015)
  2. ^ ABC: Emotivo homenaje a Pepe Madrazo, Premio Weatherby de Caza y Conservación 2019 - 20 October 2019
  3. ^ Expansión: Pepe Madrazo, el español que ha conseguido el Nobel de la caza - 17 January 2020
  4. ^ ""About Us"". United States: Weatherby Foundation International. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  5. ^ ""Previous Winners/Presenters"". United States: Weatherby Foundation International. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Vokins, N. (2004). The Weatherby. Long Beach: Safari Press. pp. 414–419. ISBN 1-57157-189-2.
  7. ^ ""Previous Winners/Presenters"". United States: Weatherby Foundation International. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "Award Finalists". weatherbyfoundation.com.
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