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

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 Hungary Lee Anderson, Jan Dams, Jay Link, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko[8]

Laureates per country

The following table shows the number of laureates per country:

RankCountryLaureates
1 United States46
2 Mexico7
3 Spain4
4 Canada2
5 Iran1
6 France1
7 Denmark1
8 Italy1
9 Belgium1
10 Russia1
11 Hungary 1
Total66

See also
  • 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
  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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