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 | |
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View of Omni Dallas Hotel, where the prize is awarded annually | |
Location | 7834 S. Lakeshore Drive Tempe Arizona |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Weatherby Foundation International |
First awarded | 1956 |
Currently held by | |
Website | Official website |
Laureates
The list of winners is available at the official Weatherby Foundation website.[5]
Year | Winner | Country | Comments | |
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1956 | Herb W. Klein | |||
1957 | Jack O'Connor | |||
1958 | Warren Page | |||
1959 | Berry B. Brooks | |||
1960 | Elgin T. Gates | |||
1961 | Julio E. Estrada | |||
1962 | H.I.H Abdul Reza Pahlavi | |||
1963 | John B. Lagarde | |||
1964 | Dr. Frank C. Hibben | |||
1965 | François Edmond-Blanc | |||
1966 | Dr. W. Brandon Macomber | |||
1967 | Dan W. Maddox | |||
1968 | Weir McDonald | |||
1969 | C.J. McElroy | |||
1970 | George H. Landreth | |||
1971 | Juan Naude Cordova | |||
1972 | James R. Mellon II | |||
1973 | Basil C. Bradbury | |||
1974 | Dr. Kenneth W. Vaughn | |||
1975 | No award | |||
1976 | Rudolf Sand | |||
1977 | Valentín de Madariaga y Oya | |||
1978 | Arthur W. Carlsberg | |||
1979 | Dr. Robert E. Speegle | |||
1980 | Watson T. Yoshimoto | |||
1981 | Dr. Carlo Caldesi Biella | |||
1982 | Glenn Slade | |||
1983 | Mahlon T. White | |||
1984 | Jacques Henrijean | |||
1985 | Thornton Snider | |||
1986 | Héctor Cuéllar | |||
1987 | Dr. James E. Conklin | |||
1988 | No award | |||
1989 | Donald G. Cox | |||
1990 | Robert K. Chisholm | |||
1991 | Gary R. Ingersoll | |||
1992 | Hubert Thummler | |||
1993 | L. Irvin Barnhart | |||
1994 | Dr. Gerald L. Warnock | |||
1995 | Jesús Yuren | |||
1996 | Arnold E. Alward | |||
1997 | Ricardo Medem Sanjuán | |||
1998 | Dan L. Duncan | |||
1999 | Pete Papac | |||
2000 | Enrique Zamácola Millet | |||
2001 | Adrián Sada | |||
2002 | Rex Baker | |||
2003 | Mike Simpson | |||
2004 | David J. Hanlin | |||
2005 | Jimmie C. Rosenbruch | |||
2006 | Federico Sada | |||
2007 | Dr. Larry Rudolph | |||
2008 | Alan Sackman | |||
2009 | Bruce Keller | |||
2010 | Tony Gioffre | |||
2011 | Edward D. Yates | |||
2012 | Thomas J. Hammond | |||
2013 | J. Alain Smith | |||
2014 | Renee Snider | |||
2015 | Barbara Sackman | |||
2016 | Kenneth Barr | |||
2017 | Craig Boddington | |||
2018 | Jim Shockey | |||
2019 | José Madrazo Ambrosio | |||
2020 | Alexander Egorov |
Laureates per country
The following table shows the number of laureates per country:
Rank | Country | Laureates |
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1 | 46 | |
2 | 7 | |
3 | 4 | |
4 | 2 | |
5 | 1 | |
6 | 1 | |
7 | 1 | |
8 | 1 | |
9 | 1 | |
10 | 1 | |
Total | 65 | |
See also
- Weatherby, Inc.
- List of big-game hunters
References
- Wayne van Zwoll, Shooter's Bible Guide to Handloading: A Comprehensive Reference for Responsible and Reliable Reloading, Simon. and Schuster (Nov., 2015)
- ABC: Emotivo homenaje a Pepe Madrazo, Premio Weatherby de Caza y Conservación 2019 - 20 October 2019
- Expansión: Pepe Madrazo, el español que ha conseguido el Nobel de la caza - 17 January 2020
- ""About Us"". United States: Weatherby Foundation International. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ""Previous Winners/Presenters"". United States: Weatherby Foundation International. Retrieved June 30, 2020.