The Weatherby Award is awarded annually for remarkable lifetime achievements in the field of hunting and conservation.Wayne van Zwoll, Shooter's Bible Guide to Handloading: A Comprehensive Reference for Responsible and Reliable Reloading, Simon. and Schuster (Nov., 2015) It is considered "the Nobel Prize equivalent in hunting and conservationism" and the pinnacle to a long, successful hunting career.ABC: Emotivo homenaje a Pepe Madrazo, Premio Weatherby de Caza y Conservación 2019 - 20 October 2019Expansión: Pepe Madrazo, el español que ha conseguido el Nobel de la caza - 17 January 2020 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”.
Laureates The list of winners is available at the official Weatherby Foundation website. Year Winner Country Nominees Comments 1956 Herb W. Klein Unknown 1957 Jack O'Connor Don Hopkins, Myles Brown, Col T. Whelen, Robert Taylor, Jack Roach. 1958 Warren Page Julio Estrada, Berry Brooks 1959 Berry B. Brooks Julio Estrada 1960 Elgin T. Gates Bobby Burns, George Parker, Lloyd Zeug, HIH Prince Abdorreza, Julio E. Estrada, Dr. Frank Hibben, John B. Lagarde 1961 Julio E. Estrada HIH Prince Abdorreza, Dr. Frank Hibben, John B. Lagarde 1962 H.I.H Abdul Reza Pahlavi Dr. Frank Hibben, John B. Lagarde, Lloyd Zeug, Bobby Burns, George Parker, William A. Fisher. 1963 John B. Lagarde Dr. Frank Hibben, Lloyd Zeug, Francois Edmond-Blanc, George Parker, William A. Fisher, Weir McDonald, W. Brandon Macomber. 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 Larry Higgins, Malcom King, José Madrazo Ambrosio, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko. 2018 Jim Shockey Alexander Egorov, Larry Higgins, Malcom King, Jay Link, José Madrazo Ambrosio. 2019 José Madrazo Ambrosio Alexander Egorov, Béla Hidvégi, Jay Link, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko. 2020 Alexander Egorov Brad Black, Béla Hidvégi, Jay Link, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko. 2021 No award 2022 Dr. Bradford Black Jeff Demaske, Béla Hidvégi, Jay Link, Doug Yajko.2023HungaryLee Anderson, Jan Dams, Jay Link, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko
Laureates per country The following table shows the number of laureates per country: RankCountryLaureates146273442516171819110111 1 Total66
See also Weatherby, Inc. List of big-game hunters
References
External links About the Weatherby Award