JD - I think the PNWBA needs to relook at some of the prize pools. I'm looking at competing next year there and probably won't do that many contests. Looking at the August - October schedule, only 4 contests have total payouts over $5k. When I look at the Portland OR IPA contest with a pool of 4k, if I pulled one out of my a$$ and won all four events, I'd walk with $1,250 in total with the GC prize. No one is doing this for money, but I'd be dropping 500-1k to just pull out of the drive way (150 entry + 120 in gas + 300 in meat + supplies), be lucky to break even as the GC, and still have a 8 hour round trip to be staring at. Next year, I'll probably hit the big payout tournaments and possibly some that are close, but chances of me driving to OR, MT etc. for 3-5k prize pools is pretty close to none. Its tough to push on the contests, but to get Jack 25 numbers, got to have some prizes to entice me to come out and drive the distance.