1936 -

Class of 1997
Bowhunter, Contributor to the Sport, Influence on the Sport

In truth, there are only a handful of bowhunters whose names and faces are instantly recognizable to fellow practitioners of the sport, and fewer people still have given their lives to bowhunting, personally and professionally, blazing a trail for others to follow while leaving giant sized tracks as evidence of their being on this earth. Jim Dougherty is such a man.

“Why do I bowhunt? Because I love it. Sometimes I get very frustrated, but I think we are supposed to. After all, we do it because we want to make things a bit more difficult, because we like the challenge,. One way or another I am involved in it – or around it – 24 hours a day. I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

 “ I would like to be remembered as a guy who loved to bowhunt, who did it rather well and who tried to represent the sport properly.”    

• Archery Hall of Fame Icon Award - 2006

• POMA (Professional Outdoor Media Association) Award - 2007

• Recognized for his untiring efforts promoting bowhunting worldwide

• President and Executive Secretary, Pope & Young Club

• Board Member, National Bowhunter Education Foundation

•  President and Vice President, American Archery Council

• Board Member, Archery Manufacturers & Merchants Organization (AMMO)

•  President and Vice President, Archery Incorporated

• Chairman, Bear Archery Bowhunting Council

•  Professional Archer of the Year, 1977

• California Archery Hall of Fame, 1984

•  International Bowhunters Clinic Hall of Fame, 1992

•  Safari Club International Bowhunters Hall of Fame, 1993

•  Bowhunter Magazine's 25 Archers for the Ages, 1996

•  Member, Archery Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.'s Veteran's Committee

• Author and magazine writer

• Over 58 years service to archery