Recognizing Generosity & Hospitality
Property Owner’s Award Recipients
2024
- The West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area
2023
- Judy Rasmuson
- Fred and Gloria Nusbickel
- Steve and Peggy Roegiers
- Chris and Cynthia Parkinson
- Yvonne Hays
- Jeff Schuett and Lynn Dubose
- Mike Lardy
2022
- Andy & Shirley Kahn
- Phil & Cassey Strader
- Dennis & Susan Lynch
- Phil Washburn
2021
- Ken & Chelsea Roberts
- Laura Bettis & Ben Rydalch
- Phil & Yvette Davis
- Will & Katlin Crawford
- Scott & Sherri Nicholson
2019
- Eric Dusa, Park Manager
- H. Cooper Black Jr. Memorial Field Trial & Recreation Area
- Brian Davis, Forest Director at Sand Hills State Forest
- and Private Land Owners Larry Hendrix, Wayne Boatwright and David Saleeby
2018
- Andy Kahn
- Phil Strader
- TJ Lindbloom
- TJ Lindbloom
- Kevin & Pam Bunnell
2017
- BigWoods on the Trinity
- Dr. Robert McFarlane, Texas
2016
- August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area, Saint Charles, MO
2015
- H. Cooper Black Recreation Area, Cheraw, SC
2014
- Clear Creek Sports Club, Corning CA
2013
- Jeff Oakes, Flint Oak, Fall River, Kansas
2012
- M. Barnett Lawley Forever Wild Field Trial Grounds
2011
- Frank and Terri Durham, Maryland
2010
- Clear Creek Sports Club Staff, Corning, CA. Brad Henman, manager of the club, refused the award saying his staff earned it. Multiple services were provided including pumping water into ponds, housing birds, providing club house for meetings, providing workers, etc.
2009
- Roger and Kaye Fuller, “KC Beefmasters Bluff Creek Ranch” outside Giddings, TX. Roger and Kaye, avid retriever enthusiasts, went out of their way to support the MNRHT. In spite of a torrential rain (11” in one day), the property held up and the event was a success.
2008
- Hibbing, MN — Multiple clubs hosted and multiple land owners but don’t have them all.
2007
- Virginia, Maryland — Two retriever clubs hosted on Department of Natural Resources land.
2006
- Mr. Gary Bechtel, “Bechtel Ranch” outside Morgan Hill, CA. Gary and his staff were most accommodating and pumped water in multiple ponds to meet judge’s needs, filled squirrel holes with dirt to make the terrain safe for dogs, managed the ‘fire control’ aspects in a terrible drought.
2005
- Dr. Robert McFarland, “Big Woods on the Trinity” outside Tennessee Colony, Texas. Dr. MacFarland’s 7500-acre carefully-developed hunting resort was an excellent venue. He kindly pumped water to multiple ponds to meet judge’s needs and heavily fortified roads to accommodate the event.
2004
- Wisconsin, Ray and Elly Muth
- Wisconsin Amateur Field Trial Club
2003
- Thomasville, Sallie Sullivan
- Harold Buckley
- May have been more
