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Hunting & Fishing Collectibles Magazine March / April 2010 “I like to use power carving to start and then mostly hand tools. There is something therapeutic about putting a knife to a piece of wood. I paint with acrylics and practice with oils (lots of practice). (Click here to read more...)March___April_2010.htmlMarch___April_2010.htmlshapeimage_13_link_0
Wildfowl Carving Magazine Competition 2004 Ross Smoker’s dad, Richard, was a career woodshop teacher, wildfowl hunter, and decoy maker; and the same is true of Ross. Although Ross lives in Selinsgrove some five hours away from his brother who lives in Maryland,... (Click here to read more...)Competition_2004.htmlCompetition_2004.htmlshapeimage_14_link_0
Daily Item Newspaper 1985 SELINSGROVE - Ross Smoker sits hunched over the table in his cluttered workshop scratching a piece of wood with a knife. A closer look reveals he is carving the head of a duck. (Click here to read more...)Daily_Item_%281985%29.htmlDaily_Item_%281985%29.htmlshapeimage_15_link_0
Wildfowl Carving Magazine Fall 2010 Ask Rich and Ross Smoker about their carving careers and each will start at the same place - their dad, Dick Smoker. (Click here to read more...) Fall_2010.htmlFall_2010.htmlshapeimage_16_link_0
Scrapbook - Included here are a few of the newspaper and magazine articles written about me and my carving. To read more of any article, click on the page image, the article title, or the text below. New articles will be posted, so please check back. You can also read more by visiting my weblog (smokerdecoys.blogspot.com).http://smokerdecoys.blogspot.comshapeimage_18_link_0
Daily Item Newspaper 2007 Mr. Smoker has served as a decoy judge on the world level at the World Carving Competition in Ocean City, Md. He has been decoy carving for 25 years and teaching for 10 years. (Click here to read more...)Daily_Item_%282007%29.htmlDaily_Item_%282007%29.htmlshapeimage_19_link_0
Daily Item Newspaper June 2014 If you can peel a potato, you can carve a duck - words to live by for bird decoy makers and wisdom from Ross Smoker’s dad. Now about 40 years into his own bird decoy carving career, Smoker is competing at a world level against people from the other side of the planet. (Click here to read more...) June_2014.htmlJune_2014.htmlshapeimage_20_link_0