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The big life — and looming death — of a Rocky Mountain defender
This story has been co-published with The Globe and Mail. In October 2021, Karsten Heuer found himself sprawled on the ground, helpless, at the bottom of an aspen tree. He had been searching for elk in Alberta’s Bow Valley, perched in a hunting stand …