Was in a gun & pawn shop today in Blackfoot, Idaho & was about to leave when I spotted this tall trophy standing in a corner so I eased up closer because I thought I had seen it before.
Sure enough it was Elgin Gates 1960 Weatherby Award they use to hand out to the most deserving hunter for that year. I had seen it a couple of times in Elgin's house in Idaho Falls in the late 70's but almost missed it today.
I talked to the owner of the shop & he said that Elgin's son Randy had brought it & some of Elgin's trophies in for display. There was a Kudu, Gemsbok, Impala, Blesbok, Springbok & a Polar Bear on the wall. I remember being in Elgin's garage once & he had 2 full maned Lions that were life size mounts sitting on the floor, along with a huge Cape Buffalo with a bullet hole through the skull plate, straight on!
I never met Randy, I think he was either in California or in the military, I just met Dolly & Robert back in the day. I would see Elgin about once a week for a couple of years at that time. He was a very fine shot & told some wonderful stories.



Dick

Pretty neat Dick.

Looks like I’ll have to stop in and look.

Cool beans there Mr. Idaho.

He made a lot of money for Weatherby. He was quite a hunter.

That's really cool.

heh...

Elgin was one of the folks I read about years ago, both of his books are great and he also made me a Weatherby fan. Very cool find. Do you know how it got there?

Randy.

If I shot a crane with a hairdo like that, I'd have it mounted too.

MIssed it, thanks.

Idaho1945: I was just through Blackfoot, Idaho yesterday (on I-15) - I wish I had known of it then - I would have stopped in.
Is it for sale?
Thanks for sharing.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

LOL