Weatherby Gala 2025 Recap

What a great night the Weatherby Gala was in Nashville this year! Even with the extremely cold weather that evening, we had a record number of guests – both repeat attendees and many new faces.

From the soothing harp music during cocktails to the beautiful décor and delicious meal, our first year in Nashville was one for the record books. And that was even before the record-setting auction! This was the first year in history the auction raised over $1 Million, and we are incredibly grateful to all the donors, the bidders, the winners, and to Nick Hoffman and our auctioneer John Bair for contributing to the success of the evening. We are also thankful to our auction chair Keegan McCarthy, and our silent auction designers Lori Clem-Byrnes, Shelley Mason, and Kayla Olmstead for all their help coordinating this massive undertaking.

Thanks are also due to our board member Dan Cabela for the inspiring message he shared with us during the evening, reviewing the importance of personally committing to the preservation of wildlife and their habitats, and promoting sustainable practices that ensure future generations can experience the beauty of the natural world. Our mission is to cultivate scholarship and advocate responsible stewardship of our planet’s resources.

To finish the night, we enjoyed the presentation of the 2024 Weatherby Hunting and Conservation Award to Eduardo Negrete of Mexico. Eduardo has a very stellar record of both hunting achievements and conservation efforts, and we appreciated hearing from him. And can we all agree that Eduardo knows how to host a fantastic party?? His after party was quite a hit, and we closed out the night with a mariachi band! Everyone who stayed for the music thoroughly enjoyed themselves; the dance floor was full up to the very end!

Thank you again to everyone in attendance, and we look forward to seeing everyone next year on February 18, 2025.