[Kentucky Bird Hunter]

In order to explain the reasoning behind Tin Cup, allow me to share the story behind the name.....

When I bought my cabin in the heart of Northern Michigan's trout and grouse paradise, I was looking for a name to call the place, something beyond just "the cabin"..... So I proposed a naming contest to about ten of my closest hunting and fishing buddies. I would be the sole judge and jury as to what suggestion was the winner, but whoever suggested the winning name would receive a bottle of fine Kentucky bourbon.

The suggestions came in fast and furious in the two weeks that I had the submission period open, ultimately resulting in nearly 100 suggestions, many of which were quite worthy!

But my good friend, who is a PGCA member, won with the suggestion that we call it the Tin Cup. Why, you might ask.....?

John Voelker, a passionate Michigan fisherman, writer, and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, wrote a treatise entitled, The Testament of a Fisherman. Terrific prose - I would encourage any of you who fish to look up the entire version (3 or 4 paragraphs, total). It will move you.

However, as part of the Testament, he wrote these words.....

"... Because bourbon from an old Tin Cup always tastes better out there....."

Thus, the name of the cabin...... The Tin Cup.