Below are listed the top 3 of Grand Prize Winners for Each of the past Wildlife In Focus Photo Contests.


Contest #1
2001 

1st – Sean Fitzgerald 

Brien O’Connor Dunn, Fennessey Ranch 

 

2nd – Donald Mammoser and Brad Correa 

Marnie and Mary Johnson 

 

3rd – Glen Hayes and Bill Draker 

Rob and Bessie Welder, Welder Wildlife Foundation, Reserve 

 

 

Contest #2
2003 

1st – Sean Fitzgerald 

Brien O’Connor Dunn, Fennessey Ranch 

 

2nd – Rolf Nussbaumer 

Lon Cartwright, Twin Oaks Ranch 

 

3rd – Donald Mammoser and Brad Correa 

Rob and Bessie Welder, Welder Wildlife Foundation, Reserve 

 

 

Contest #3
2005 

1st – Paul and Vernon Denman 

Evelyn Swenson, Swenson Family Ranch 

 

2nd – James and Sheryl Hunt 

Patricia Dougherty, San Domingo Ranch 

 

3rd – Juan Bahamon 

Dr. Curtis and Anna Reemsnyder, J-Bar-4 Ranch 

 

 

Contest #4
2007 

1st – Ruth Hoyt & John Pickles
Fennessey Ranch  

2nd – Greg Pierson

 Twin Oaks Ranch 



3rd – Bill & Sharon Draker

Welder Wildlife Refgue 

 

 

Contest #5
2009 

1st – Bill and Sharon Draker
Welder Wildlife Refuge

Nueces County
 

2nd – Greg Pierson

 Twin Oaks Ranch 


3rd – Todd and Nancy Steele

Fennessey Ranch 

  

 

Contest #6
2011 

1st – Rolf Nussbaumer 

Lon Cartwright, Twin Oaks Ranch 

 
2nd – Bill and Sharon Draker 

Rob and Bessie Welder, Welder Wildlife Foundation, Reserve 


3rd – Hector D. Astorga 

Brien O’Connor Dunn, Fennessey Ranch 

 

 

Contest #7
2013 

1st – Hector D. Astorga 

Beto and Clare Gutierrez, Santa Clara Ranch 


2nd – Karine Aigner 

Lon Cartwright, Twin Oaks Ranch 


3rd – Robert Rommel 

Mitchell and Michael Dale, Sick Dog Ranch 

 

 

Contest #8
2015 

1st – Hector D. Astorga 

Beto and Clare Gutierrez, Santa Clara Ranch 


2nd – Robert Rommel 

Mitchell and Michael Dale, Sick Dog Ranch 


 3rd – Wade Grassedonio 

Texas Phot Ranch/ River Revocable Surface 

 

 

Contest #9
2017 

1st – Robert Rommel 

Mitchell and Michael Dale, Sick Dog Ranch  


2nd – Hector D. Astorga 

Beto and Clare Gutierrez, Santa Clara Ranch  


3rd – Cissy Beasley 

Rob and Bessie Welder, Welder Wildlife Foundation, Reserve 

 

 

Contest #10
2019 

1st – Cissy Beasley 

Rob and Bessie Welder, Welder Wildlife Foundation, Reserve  


2nd – Andrea Tavakkoly 

Joe and Mary McComb; Charles and Virginia Moore, Double M Ranch 


3rd – Scott Null  

Mitchell, Diane, and Michael Dale, Sick Dog Ranch 

 


Contest #11
2021

1st – Karine Aigner

Los Novios Ranch, George and Claire Vaughan


2nd – Thomas Stinson & Rick Harding

Las Lagunas Ranch


3rd – Cissy Beasley

Welder Wildlife Refuge

Nueces County




Contest #12
2023

1st – Charles Lawrence, 

Charles Lawrence -Laborcitas Creek Ranch

Brooks County


2nd – Walton Cude

George and Claire Vaughan, Twin Oaks Legacy Ranch,

Live Oak County


3rd – Dave and Joe Richards

Cuatro Hindes & John Schulte, Hindes Ranch

Atascosa & Frio Counties