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
