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The mayor – with a couple dozen journalists in tow – kicked off the hour-long traipse by catching a trout and eyeing a skunk and possum too

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Mayor Rob Ford holds a great horned owl named Alexandra at the Toronto Sportsmen's Show at the Direct Energy Centre on Feb. 7, 2013.J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford holds a great horned owl named Alexandra at the Toronto Sportsmen's Show at the Direct Energy Centre on Feb. 7, 2013.J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford looks at a possum at the Toronto Sportsmen's Show at the Direct Energy Centre on Feb. 7, 2013.J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford holds a fish he caught in a trout pond at the Toronto Sportsmen's Show at the Direct Energy Centre on Feb. 7, 2013.J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford shoots a pellet gun on a range at the Toronto Sportsmen's Show at the Direct Energy Centre on Feb. 7, 2013.J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail

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