mrfishy and b-rice, the sign ups for next years cup should start around July. It will be the 4th annual moderators cup, and it costs $2-$5 to sign up. The cost covers the price of the 4 trophies, and shipping. I' ve been collecting the money and having the trophies made for the last two years. IL_BOW_MAN has been putting the websight together and taking care of hosting the photos.

There are two winners for largest whitetail and runner up, and two winners for viewers choice and runner up. We' ll post a sign up period, and an entry deadline for the money to be submitted. Some seasons go until the end of January and into February, so we leave it open for submissions of trophies until then. After that we give it about a month for voting, and with the new format we are able to set up the poll right here on the message boards, so hopefully next year we will get a lot more participation. If it grows some more, I' d like to include new catagories such as best story, young hunter awards and so on.