The Ettel Travelogue

Joan and Weldon’s Hunting Trophies

Joan and Weldon Broughton’s home in New Braunfels, Texas featured a large den populated with their favorite hunting trophies. Weldon described twenty-one of the trophies in 2017, around which Ed Ettel included photos of the hunt, maps of the area and other details to produce these videos.

Joan Estelle (Ettel) Broughton Ettel, 16 Nov 1932 -28 Sep 2015  

Weldon Warren Broughton, 26 Oct 1931 – 11 Jan 2022

Trophy Overview -Video scan of all 21 hunting trophies that provides a synopsis of the collection.

Hunting Trophy 1 – White Tailed Deer, Vela Ranch, Zapata County, Texas, 1969

Hunting Trophy 2 – White Tailed Deer, Huisache Ranch, Zapata County, Texas, 2 January 1988

Hunting Trophy 3 – White Tailed Deer, Huisache Ranch, Zapata County, Texas, 2 January 1971

Hunting Trophy 4 – Mule Deer, Jackson County, Colorado, 1955

Hunting Trophy 5 – Aoudad Sheep, Presidio County, Texas, March 1987

Trophy 6 – White Tailed Deer, Lyles Ranch, Zavala County, Texas, October 1999

Hunting Trophy 7 – White Tailed Deer, San Rafael Ranch, Jim Hogg County, Texas, early -60s

Hunting Trophy 8 – Mule Deer, Tavaputs County, Utah, October 1987

Hunting Trophy 9 – Antelope, Ponder Ranch, Pecos County, Texas, September 1989

Hunting Trophy 10 – Antelope, Ponder Ranch, Pecos County, Texas, October 1988

Hunting Trophy 11 – White Tailed Deer, Lyles Ranch, Zavala County, Texas, 14 December 1992

Hunting Trophy 12 – White Tailed Deer, Lyles Ranch, Zavala County, Texas, 1995

Hunting Trophies 13 & 20 – Caribou and Grizzly Bear, Yukon Territory Canada, September 1985

HuntingTrophy 14 – White Tailed Deer, Lyles Ranch, Zavala County, Texas, October 1999

HuntingTrophy 15 – Elk, Catron County, New Mexico, September 1989

Hunting Trophy 16 – Moose, Near Cape Yakataga, Alaska, 1983

Hunting Trophy 17 – White Tailed Deer, Huisache Ranch, Zapata County, Texas, January 1991

Hunting Trophy 18 – White Tailed Deer, La Paz Ranch, Tamaulipas, Mexico, January 1985Trophy 18

Hunting Trophy 19– White Tailed Deer, Lyles Ranch, Zavala County, Texas, December 1995

Hunting Trophy 20– Grizzly Bear, Yukon Territory Canada, September 1985

Hunting Trophy 21 – Bobcat, Lyles Ranch, Zavala County, Texas, 1993