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It's just up to 9.30 a.m. on August the 24th, 2017, somewhere high up in the Rockies of Alberta, Canada.

Despite the bright morning sun, the mountain air is crisp.

32-year-old Jeremy Evans crouches amongst the tree roots and bracken.

The forest mulch under his knee, still thawing from the nighttime frost,

soaks into his skin. Holding his breath, Jeremy slowly raises his binoculars to his eyes.

He scans the ridge line and smiles to himself. There, in the distance, he sees movement. Camouflaged against the gray shale

slope is a band of sheep. And the prize he's long been seeking, a trophy big horn ram.

Beside him on the ground, tied to his backpack, is his rifle case.

It's loaded, but not quite ready to use.

It would still take a few minutes to unholster and prep.

Watching the distant slope, he considers the best approach.

He can barely contain his excitement.

The big horn ram is only found on the highest, most rugged alpine slopes.

Hunters like Jeremy have to trek deep into the wilderness to even get close to one.

And being up in the mountains, isolated and alone, means far greater danger should anything go wrong.

As I was sitting there watching the sheep, I moved my hands away to look down,

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