Fredericton native Nathan Robinson makes a moose call to draw out the animals for a photo.

At dawn near Plaster Rock, N.B., fog engulfs the remote Acadian forest – it’s still and grey except the peppering of seasonal colour amid the trail’s ditches.

I came to New Brunswick to shoot a moose – not with a gun, but a Canon 200–400mm lens. But I was being led by a hunter. The irony wasn’t lost on me. Before becoming a wildlife photographer and guide, Nathan Robinson regularly hunted moose for subsistence. “I hunt more now,” he says, “just with a camera.”

Raised in a fishing and hunting family, the Fredericton native straddles the duality of two worlds: observer and harvester. Spending six weeks each year guiding photo and wildlife tours, Robinson now enjoys prolonged moose encounters and hel

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