This Sitka Blacktail buck was painted by my hunting buddy, Ed Mills.
I took Ed up to my "secret place" on Prince of Wales Island a couple of years after I took my largest buck in the vicinity of the area depicted in this painting. Ed took many photos of the area, and this is actually a composite, with the distant hills view in reality being behind the buck.
I'd like to say that I commissioned Ed to paint this for me, but he came up with it himself. He did borrow the antlers from my buck, and a copy of the photo I have in my profile to help get the velvet covered antlers to look right.
Being that he was making a living creating such masterpieces, it was up for sale at one of the local galleries. I didn't think that I could justify spending the $2k to buy it, so I could only dream about owning it. My wife, though, thought that I should have it, and surprised me with it on my 40th birthday! What a wife I have!
Ed has since gone on to the happy hunting grounds. This painting and prints from his other works of art are some of my most treasured items I own.
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