Claudio Ongaro, the Seasonal Targets Columnist for the Alberta Outdoorsmen Magazine, started his working career as a schoolteacher in 1988, at the age of 22, after graduating from the University of Alberta. He taught full time for six years and part time for six years while building his outfitting business. Currently, he outfits fulltime for waterfowl from the Ongaro Lodge in the world famous prairie pothole region in central Eastern Alberta and outfits for trophy whitetails and mule deer in Alberta's remote Western foothills. Claudio has been published in several outdoor publications since ... Read more

Claudio Ongaro, the Seasonal Targets Columnist for the Alberta Outdoorsmen Magazine, started his working career as a schoolteacher in 1988, at the age of 22, after graduating from the University of Alberta. He taught full time for six years and part time for six years while building his outfitting business. Currently, he outfits fulltime for waterfowl from the Ongaro Lodge in the world famous prairie pothole region in central Eastern Alberta and outfits for trophy whitetails and mule deer in Alberta's remote Western foothills. Claudio has been published in several outdoor publications since 1989. Feature articles have focused primarily on his areas of expertise, which include hunting for Whitetail and Mule deer, angling for Walleye, and hunting for waterfowl. Claudio's personal hunting has taken him from the wind swept cactus strewn prairies to the muddiest muskeg bogs of the lowlands and as high as the snow covered peaks of the Rocky Mountains. In 2007, Claudio obtained his private pilot’s license. Currently he owns and flies his Cessna 170 to and from his private airstrip at the lodge among several other destinations. As the aircraft has a tailwheel configuration, it lends itself to moderate bush flying and off airport missions that falls perfectly within his outdoor life-style. Claudio has recently launched his own YoutTube Channel under the name of OngaroOutdoors – the show’s title ‘A Guide’s Life’ is self explanatory and has currently had over 2,966,528 views. In 2011, Cabela’s approached Claudio to become one of it’s Pro-Staff. This became official in July of 2011 and he is honored to be a part of the Cabela’s team.