Death of Don Lewis

[dmickey]

Unfortunately I found this thread on the Shooters Forms:

To all the hunters and outdoorsmen, I would like to let everyone know that my dad, Don Lewis, passed away on July 25, 2008. He was a hunter that wrote, not a writer that hunted. He loved rifles and the outdoors, and he spent the past 45 years telling us about it. He was still writing a hunting column for our local newspaper, along with articles in Varmint Hunter and Precision Shooting. He wrote for Pennsylvania Game News for over 35 years; although he was not able to hunt last winter, he drilled both my brothers on what they saw and where they hunted. He was a life-time member of the NRA and POWA. I was the black sheep; a vegetarian and a terrible shot, but we were a team. We spent many hours together at his computer. I want to thank all the people over the years that sent letters, questions and good wishes. He was a great sportsman, and an even greater dad. Thank you all.

Carol Lewis French
Cyfrench@gmail.com

Just wanted to let you know.

[Poonie]

I have one of his books. I always looked forward to reading his shooting related articles in the game news before that magazine went into the toilet with all its pro-game commission propaganda. Lewis was a very well versed man from a firearms standpoint IMO. I will miss him....

[shooter357]

I am saddened to hear of his death. It's always a sad day when someone who loved to be free dies. You have my condolences.