2018 Weatherby Award - Craig Boddington

" 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...

Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
Only fools hope to live forever
“ Hávamál”

19 July 2017, 10:15

Saeed

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Originally posted by billrquimby:
Well done, Craig!

Bill Quimby

Yes.

19 July 2017, 14:57

muttleysgone

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.

19 July 2017, 15:45

Brandon.Gleason

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Originally posted by Heym 450/400:
Some of the older members grew up on O'Connor/Keith... I grew up on Boddington.

Congrats Col. Boddington

Likewise. Congratulations, Craig!

19 July 2017, 16:12

bwanajay

19 July 2017, 16:35

chuckmaxman

Well done Craig! Would also like to thank you for your service for our country!!!

19 July 2017, 17:21

JTEX

Well done Sir. Congratulations and thank you for your service.

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19 July 2017, 17:30

Marty

Shared a camp with Craig in 2006 in Mozambique.
A fine gentleman and delightful company at dinner.
Heartiest congratulations!

19 July 2017, 18:25

Tim Carney

Congratulations, Craig.

Regards, Tim

19 July 2017, 19:38

MARK H. YOUNG

Good for Craig. Well deserved!

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19 July 2017, 19:44

impala#03

Congratulations Sir! Thanks for everything.

19 July 2017, 21:23

Big Wonderful Wyoming

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.

19 July 2017, 21:31

Grenadier

Over the years, Craig has done a LOT to advance shooting and big game hunting sports.

Congrats to him. Well deserved.

19 July 2017, 22:19

bwanamrm

Well deserved!

On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling

Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.

19 July 2017, 22:22

Magnum Hunter1

I think he is well deserving. My congratulations go out to him.

19 July 2017, 22:34

Kyler Hamann

Very few people have devoted so much of their life to hunting. Nice to see Craig recognized by this award.

19 July 2017, 22:50

bwana cecil

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.

19 July 2017, 23:17

Pancho

Huahuh sir

Pancho
LTC, USA, RET

"Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids." Clint Eastwood

Give me Liberty or give me Corona.

20 July 2017, 01:21

ManuelM

Congratulations to Mr. Boddington, he is one of the good ones in the industry and he deserves this award.

20 July 2017, 01:28

mufasa

Well deserved and long overdue! Congratulations.
MMP

20 July 2017, 01:39

MacD37

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!

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20 July 2017, 02:19

Bud Meadows

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

20 July 2017, 02:28

A.Dahlgren

Congrats Craig!

20 July 2017, 02:29

larryshores

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

20 July 2017, 02:49

Heym 450/400

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Originally posted by larryshores:
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..

20 July 2017, 04:58

farbedo

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

20 July 2017, 06:17

Congratulations Craig!

20 July 2017, 07:17

LR3

Congrats and always been charming and helpful. Great books. I ve always wondered what he s done with the trophies he s amassed

20 July 2017, 07:40

Heeler75

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Originally posted by Heym 450/400:
quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
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..

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.

20 July 2017, 07:43

ledvm

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!

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20 July 2017, 08:41

twoseventy

Congratulations, Craig. Well deserved.

Best, Tom

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― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations”

20 July 2017, 09:16

Michael Robinson

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.

20 July 2017, 10:21

larryshores

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Originally posted by Heym 450/400:
quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
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..

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.