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2018 Weatherby Award - Craig Boddington
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Craig Boddington is the winner.

Congratulations.

Mike
 
Posts: 13145 | Location: Cocoa Beach, Florida | Registered: 22 July 2010Reply With Quote
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Some of the older members grew up on O'Connor/Keith... I grew up on Boddington.

Congrats Col. Boddington
 
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He is an awesome Hunter and this is well deserved !
 
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Well done, Craig!

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Posts: 2633 | Location: tucson and greer arizona | Registered: 02 February 2006Reply With Quote
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any t-shirt or shirt available ....
 
Posts: 1942 | Location: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. | Registered: 21 May 2006Reply With Quote
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I'm sure well deserved.


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Posts: 2819 | Location: Washington (wetside) | Registered: 08 February 2005Reply With Quote
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I always liked him and he was always very pleasant and friendly every time I met him
Good for you Craig


" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...

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Only fools hope to live forever
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Well done, Craig!

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Posts: 69683 | Location: Dubai, UAE | Registered: 08 January 1998Reply With Quote
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Met Craig at the SCI thing in Reno several years ago. Nice man, and pleasant to converse with. Spending enough years in the USMC to become a colonel, and then becoming a decent writer and world travelling hunter is something worthy of notice. Congratulations, sir. You deserve it.


Most of my money I spent on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted
 
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Some of the older members grew up on O'Connor/Keith... I grew up on Boddington.

Congrats Col. Boddington


Likewise. Congratulations, Craig!
 
Posts: 1455 | Location: New England | Registered: 22 February 2010Reply With Quote
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tu2 tu2
 
Posts: 1844 | Location: Sinton, Texas | Registered: 08 November 2006Reply With Quote
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Well done Craig! Would also like to thank you for your service for our country!!!
 
Posts: 835 | Location: Plover, Wi | Registered: 04 October 2009Reply With Quote
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Well done Sir. Congratulations and thank you for your service.

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Posts: 42532 | Location: Crosby and Barksdale, Texas | Registered: 18 September 2006Reply With Quote
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Shared a camp with Craig in 2006 in Mozambique.
A fine gentleman and delightful company at dinner.
Heartiest congratulations!
 
Posts: 1981 | Location: South Dakota | Registered: 22 August 2004Reply With Quote
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Congratulations, Craig.

Regards, Tim
 
Posts: 1323 | Location: Washington, DC | Registered: 17 March 2003Reply With Quote
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Good for Craig. Well deserved!


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Posts: 13115 | Location: LAS VEGAS, NV USA | Registered: 04 August 2002Reply With Quote
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Congratulations Sir! Thanks for everything.
 
Posts: 2173 | Location: NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO, USA | Registered: 05 March 2008Reply With Quote
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I have met Craig once as well. He is a hell of a nice guy.

I bought the last copy of Hunting in Argentina from him, and some how I got included in the conversation between him and Donna about getting it signed. Either way it is at the post office, I got an email today.
 
Posts: 7782 | Location: Das heimat! | Registered: 10 October 2012Reply With Quote
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Over the years, Craig has done a LOT to advance shooting and big game hunting sports.

Congrats to him. Well deserved.




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Posts: 10900 | Location: North of the Columbia | Registered: 28 April 2008Reply With Quote
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Well deserved!


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Posts: 7572 | Location: Victoria, Texas | Registered: 30 March 2003Reply With Quote
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I think he is well deserving. My congratulations go out to him.
 
Posts: 1332 | Location: Western NC | Registered: 08 January 2005Reply With Quote
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Very few people have devoted so much of their life to hunting. Nice to see Craig recognized by this award.


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Posts: 2520 | Location: Central Coast of CA | Registered: 10 January 2002Reply With Quote
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Won't claim knowing him, but have visited with him a few times, he was always friendly and willing to spend time with me.
I also think well of his wife Donna, she seems to be quite a nice lady.
Very glad he got the award.


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Not all who wander are lost.
NEVER TRUST A FART!!!
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Posts: 2786 | Location: Northeast Louisianna | Registered: 06 October 2009Reply With Quote
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Huahuh sir


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Posts: 942 | Location: Roswell, NM | Registered: 02 December 2002Reply With Quote
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Congratulations to Mr. Boddington, he is one of the good ones in the industry and he deserves this award.


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Posts: 532 | Location: Hermosillo, Sonora | Registered: 06 May 2013Reply With Quote
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Well deserved and long overdue! Congratulations.
MMP
 
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Not many people can claim the hunting experience that Boddington has under his belt!

Congratulations sir! Thank you first for your service, and a well deserved Weatherby award!

............................................................. tu2 tu2 patriot old


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Although I was an Infantry officer in the US Army, I always considered USMC officers as fellow brothers in arms. I used to greatly look forwards to traveling to Quantico to compete with the USMC shooters at the Interservice Rifle Matches. They were the best run matches I've ever competed in, and the standard of excellence in the scores was unbelievable. I remember in 1975 I shot a 200-11X in the Rapid Sitting match, and thought I might win a medal. My score was on the second page of the match results, somewhere around 20th place. I met Carlos Hathcock that year, and he was treated like a god by all his fellow Marines, as he should have


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Posts: 1388 | Location: Lake Bluff, IL | Registered: 02 May 2008Reply With Quote
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Congrats Craig!
 
Posts: 2638 | Location: North | Registered: 24 May 2007Reply With Quote
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It would be interesting to know how many trips he has been on. I am sure the number is astounding.
 
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It would be interesting to know how many trips he has been on. I am sure the number is astounding.


I believe I asked that question in Gayne's podcast but he was a little elusive on the answer. Seemed to me he was a little too modest to fess up.. Cool
 
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Kudos to Mr. Boddington. He has always entertained and informed. All other things aside, when he writes something, I have found it to be insightful and accurate.

I also have grown up reading his work and appreciate his contributions to my way of life.

Jeremy
 
Posts: 1484 | Location: Indiana | Registered: 28 January 2011Reply With Quote
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Congratulations Craig!


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Posts: 629 | Location: OK USA | Registered: 07 June 2009Reply With Quote
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Congrats and always been charming and helpful. Great books. I ve always wondered what he s done with the trophies he s amassed
 
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It would be interesting to know how many trips he has been on. I am sure the number is astounding.


I believe I asked that question in Gayne's podcast but he was a little elusive on the answer. Seemed to me he was a little too modest to fess up.. Cool


Coincidentally, tonight I just started reading his book Elephant! In it he says since the end of 2010 he's been on 90 Africa trips Add seven years to that I imagine he's pushing 100.

Not to mention the numerous other international trips he's taken.
 
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While I don't "know" him...I have spoken with him on several occasions while the Lion Conservation Task Force was operational. He is a true patriot, American, and fellow big-game hunter. My hat is off to him...cheers Craig! beer


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Posts: 38627 | Location: Gainesville, TX | Registered: 24 December 2006Reply With Quote
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Congratulations, Craig. Well deserved.

Best, Tom


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― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations”
 
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Hunting is not a competition, and I am against any attempts to make it into such a thing. I find the notion of competition to be repugnant to my idea of hunting.

My aims in the pursuit of game are entirely mine, and are entirely separate from anyone else's. My aims are intentionally insulated from all of that, and my "achievements" (and "failures") are mine alone and are personal things, and reported to others only to share my experiences and to inform.

I do believe in that kind of communication about hunting. Sharing of the experience of hunting by others has done much to kindle my fires to hunt big game across the globe.

I count many who have fueled those fires in me, including Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming, Theodore Roosevelt, Stewart Edward White, Edouard Foa, Arthur Neumann, C.H. Stigand, W.D.M. Bell, Denis Lyell, Tony Sanchez-Arino, John Taylor, Jim Corbett, H.M. Stanley, John Hunter, F.C. Selous and many others.

I count Craig Boddington among those, and competition be damned, that is good company.

I will not say congratulations, Craig, but I will say a sincere thank you, for all you have done to stoke those fires in me, and others.


Mike

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It would be interesting to know how many trips he has been on. I am sure the number is astounding.


I believe I asked that question in Gayne's podcast but he was a little elusive on the answer. Seemed to me he was a little too modest to fess up.. Cool


That may be true. On the other hand, I am quite sure he has gone more than I have and I doubt i could accurately answer that question.
 
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Last time I talked with Craig this past spring he told me that he thought that it was well over 100+. tu2
 
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