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Gord Ellis

Gord is the senior editor of OOD and has been with the magazine since 1993. He has been writing about fishing, hunting, and the outdoors for over 20 years and pens Open Range. Gord's an avid multi-species angler and is also a keen hunter. He's a long-time member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada and has won 20 national writing and photography awards. Gord is a reporter and columnist with CBC radio in Thunder Bay and is the outdoor columnist for the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal daily newspaper.
Here are some of Gord Ellis' thoughts about buck movement through the fall — and the best time to focus on notching that tag.
Here are a few first-person cautionary tales and some ways I’ve tried to make being stuck in the bush much less likely.
Anglers and hunters may be the worst of all when it comes to superstition and what can and can’t happen before, during, and after an outing.
Choosing to stay in an area or to relocate is a tough call. But there's nothing like punching your moose tag knowing your decision helped.
The moose camp is a fascinating and fun subculture of hunting, in which everyone has a role and inside jokes become an annual event.
These two world record brook trout mounts, like the great fish they came from, remain legendary — and forever shrouded in mystery.