# Weatherby Award

The Weatherby Award is awarded annually for remarkable lifetime achievements in the field of hunting and conservation. It is considered "the Nobel Prize equivalent in hunting and conservationism" and the pinnacle to a long, successful hunting career. 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 |
| 1956 | Herb W. Klein | United States | Unknown |
| 1957 | Jack O'Connor | United States | Don Hopkins, Myles Brown, Col T. Whelen, Robert Taylor, Jack Roach. |
| 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. |
| 2023 | Béla Hidvégi [hu] | Hungary | Lee Anderson, Jan Dams, Jay Link, Eduardo Negrete, Doug Yajko |

## Laureates per country

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 |