2026 AWF Southwest Wild Game Cook-Off Winners

The AWF Selma Wild Game Cook-Off was held on October 22, 2026

Mobile Forest Products
Dish:
The Dauphin Island Special
Team: Dent Beard, Robert Zukley, AJ Williams, Jack Edwards, Landon Williams

Fish Division

1st Place – Mobile Forest Products
Dish:
The Dauphin Island Special
Team: Dent Beard, Robert Zukley, AJ Williams, Jack Edwards, Landon Williams

2nd Place – Road Crew
Dish:  Outlaw Red Snapper Benedict
Team: George Skipper, Paul Criswell, Alex Barrineau, Rhett Dozier

3rd Place – Canfor
Dish: Snapper Pilaf w/ Creamy Blanche Sauce
Team: Andie Stanovich, Darrell Newsome, Clifford Bullard, Chad Agee

Fowl Division

1st Place – South Land Company Cookaholics
Dish:
Quail Lollipop
Team: Gaines Jordan, Jeffrey Jordan, Darren McGilberry, Chambers McGilberrry

2nd Place – 100 Proof Outlaws
Dish: Flying Pheasant Empanada
Team: Anthony Wiggins, Joe Baas, William Smith, John Kelsoe

3rd Place – Canfor
Dish:
Quail Delight w/ Creamy Creole Sauce
Team: Andie Stanovich, Darrell Newsome, Clifford Bullard, Chad Agee

Game Division

1st Place – Palomar Insurance
Dish: Smash Venison Burger
Team: Todd Johnson, Beth Johnson Thomas Adair, Bruce Garrett,

2nd Place – Clarke Air Company
Dish: Venison Pastalini
Team: Jesse Wiggins, Joe Joiner, Keith Hicks, Mark Vick, Cindy Hicks

3rd Place – 100 Proof Outlaws
Dish: Baited Bambi Slider
Team: Anthony Wiggins, Joe Baas, William Smith, John Kelsoe

People's Choice Winner

Thompkins Baptist Church
Team: Wesley Hicks, Mathew Pritchard, Johnny Kendrick, John Lee Stacey,

BEST PRESENTATION

BEST PRESENTATION:
Clarke -Washington EMC

Team: Cody Powell, Cody Hill, Justin Corley, Drew Odem

RUNNER-UP :
Grove Hill City Hall
Team:
Mayor Ross Wood, Taryn Wood Michelle Green, Thomas Coxwell, Gregg Green

JUDGES

Andy Black                       
Dan Jackson                    
Troy Stabler
Scott Boyle                      
Jake Tucker                     
Brandon Simpson
Ken Kelley                       
Jess Martin                      
William Phillips
Jimmy Barnes                  
Lane Joseph Rotch          
Rodney Harrison
Dale Rouse Wade            
Gerri Landry                     
Ralph Martin
Mike Brown  

SPONSORS

A & N Collision

Ace Farm & Home

Ace Hardware- Grove Hill

Ace Hardware- Jackson

Alabama Ag Credit

Alabama Power Co.

Alabama Timber Industry, Inc.

B & K Seafood

Beard Dentistry

Big Mike’s Steakhouse

Baldwin Express Pipeline

Bradford Agriculture

Bradford Gravel

Bradford Lumber

B’s Burger House

Canfor

Carter Enterprises, LLC

Chris McCants – State Farm

City Drugs Grove Hill

City of Grove Hill

City of Jackson

Civil Southeast, LLC

Clarke Air Company

Clarke Co. – NWTF

Clarke County Pole & Piling

Clarke-Washington E.M.C.

CMC Gas 

Community Neighbor Bank

Craig and Janet Scruggs

Diamond Dumpsters

Don’s Body Shop

Dozier Automotive & Performance

Dozier Hardware

Ed’s Drive In & Village Properties

Edward Jones

ESB Holdings LLC

First South Farm Credit

First U S Bank of Thomasville

Fresh Coat Painting Services

G & D Outdoors

Gilmore Law Firm

Gulf Coast Truck and Equipment

Hamilton Timber

Hancock Whitney Bank

Henson Site Develoment

International Paper

Jay G’s LLC

J & J Rentals

Jamey D’s Dozer & Welding

Joe Bullard Automotive

John I. Brown – State Farm

Junior’s Garage

Lamar C. Johnson

Ledkins Insurance Agency, LLC

Lewis Pest Control

Louisiana Pacific

M& M Port- O -Lets

Martin Realty, Inc.

Michael Marks Heating & Cooling

Mobile Forest Products & Biomass, Inc.

National Land Realty

Packaging Corporation of America

Pine City Contracting

Pine City Outdoors

Precision Auto Body

Rogers Auto Glass

Scotch Land Mgmt. LLC

Shadow Creek Logging

Shaw Taxidermy

Skipper Insurance & Realty

Slayton Brothers, Inc.

Smith Enterprises

South Alabama Kubota

Stabler Construction

Summer Padgett

Sumter Timber

Sweetwater State Bank

Tacky Jacks

The Smoke Shop

Thomasville Dozer Service

Thomasville Feed & Seed

Thompson Tractor Co.

Touchstone Construction

Tucker ATV

Turner Construction, LLC

Tutt Land Company

Village Jewelry & Sports, Inc.

Volkert,Inc

Ward International Trucks

West Alabama Bank

Westervelt Lumber Company

Whatley Timber

Williams and Keahey, LLC

Wilson Drinkard & Drinkard