T Boone Pickens Award

The award was created by Park Cities Quail  in 2006 to recognize sportsmen who have distinguished themselves by living a life of adventure, love of the outdoors, respect for natural resources and most of all those who have demonstrated a spirit of giving back and making it possible for others to enjoy the sporting life.

The bronze award was created specifically for this purpose by world renowned wildlife artist – Walter Matia.  Each award is cast with the recipient’s name.

2012: Ted Turner

Ted Turner is chairman of the Turner Foundation, an independent family
foundation which supports efforts for improving air and water quality, developing
a sustainable energy future to protect the earth’s climate, safeguarding environmental
health, protecting and maintaining wildlife habitat, and developing practices
and policies to curb population growth rates; and co-founder of Ted’s Montana
Grill restaurant chain, which operates 44 locations nationwide.  Turner is also
chairman of Turner Enterprises, Inc. a private company which manages his business
interests, land holdings and investments, including the oversight of 2 million acres in
12 states and in Argentina, and more than 55,000 bison head.  In addition, he is chairman
of the United Nations Foundation and co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

2011: Ray Murski

Ray Murski is a worldwide hunter, a tireless supporter of the hunting and
fishing industries and a passionate quail hunter from the time he owned his first bird dog at the
age of ten. An avid supporter of quail conservation, Murski was a critical patron in the formative
years of the highly acclaimed Bobwhite Brigade youth camps. Murski is a Texas Wildlife Association
director and served on the board of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.

2010: Bob Carter

Bob Carter has not only been recognized for his business endeavors, but
also for his stewardship of the land. Bob is a passionate hunter, conservationist, and a strident
supporter of quail research. In 1982, Bob and his wife Janice, named their new company
“Panda Energy,” after an icon of the environmental movement.

2009: Ray Sasser

Ray, an accomplished author of 11 books, and writer of feature stories and/or
columns for nearly every outdoor publication in Texas, began his career in the newspaper business at The
Lufkin News in 1970 while still in college. Sasser has also been featured in many national publications.

2008: Boone Pickens

Boone has been a quail enthusiast, environmental steward and conservationist
before many in Texas even knew what it meant. His 68,000-acre Mesa Vista Ranch is a model for wildlife
resource management. His business ventures, which speak for themselves, include an alternative energy
provider, and the largest supplier of vehicular natural gas in North America.

2007: Walter Kellogg

Walter was known by many in the region as the consummate gentleman
sportsman. A lover of bird dogs and the traditions of the sport, Walter introduced many youth to their
first hunt. Unfortunately, Walter passed away just a few weeks before the ceremony, but he left a legacy
of the sporting life to his family and many others throughout the country.