First Painting of Deer

[yobuck]

another ned smith?

[thermaler]

another ned smith?

Careful--if my head gets any bigger I may have trouble walking. lol. Thanks so much--you guys are great!

I'd be happy if I could sell my works for 1/10 th of what his originals command! But I'm a deer hunter--and doing this kind of work means something special to me, so even if the market is limited compared to my mainstream artworks--I still love doing it. I already have a couple of new ideas percolating.

[yobuck]

back in the day ned smith did the artwork on many of the covers on the publication known as the "pa game news"
for many years i subscribed to that publication and enjoyed his fine work. there would also be ink drawings on various pages.
as an aside there was also a regular writer name of don lewis who covered the shooting aspect of the magazine.
don would dust off the same article each fall about sighting in your rifle. another every spring about varmit hunting and the best cartridges.
when long range hunting started, it started with varmit hunters not deer hunters. fact is the original 1000 yd benchrest club at
williamsport was started by varmit hunters arguing over cartridges. well i guess don was turned off by the distance aspect for some reason.
he wrote an article about it one time and stated that if he didnt hit the groundhog exactly where he aimed he considered it a miss.
furthermore so should everybody else. that ended my subscribing to the pa game news and enjoying ned smiths drawings.
i guess it was time anyway.