It's gonna be hard to beat Mule's picture. I'm wondering if he should be put in a different class of pictures since if you remember he got a picture of his famous "Blackberry" female bluetick crossing a log on deep snow over a big pond on the front page of Full Cry Magazine a few yrs. back.
You don't get those great photos by sitting on the couch watching TV. By the way, there are none of those pictures entered that should be classed inferior. They are all great in my view.