{"id":266,"date":"2010-09-13T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gordellis.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2023-02-13T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T20:47:00","slug":"and-so-it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gordellis.com\/and-so-it-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"And so it begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"266\" class=\"elementor elementor-266\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-859b7b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"859b7b0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51717e4\" data-id=\"51717e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-318657c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"318657c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The bow season for moose season opens tomorrow here in Northwestern Ontario. Yet fate has seen fit to have me fishing a bass tournament this weekend. Now\u00a0I love bass fishing, and enjoy tournaments,but I\u2019m feeling a bit distracted. The fact that my hunting partner had a 3 year old bull walk by his stand \u00a0the other day while he hunted deer only adds to the fever. We will both have to wait, however, as our group bull tag is sitting in Longlac until Wednesday. It\u2019s going to\u00a0be a long wait.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bow season for moose season opens tomorrow here in Northwestern Ontario. Yet fate has seen fit to have me fishing a bass tournament this weekend. Now\u00a0I love bass fishing, and enjoy tournaments,but I\u2019m feeling a bit distracted. 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