I’ve been on the road the past couple days, racking up miles between Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming. This morning I started the pull from Sturgis, South Dakota, where I was touring the Dakota gun factory, to Jackson Hole to meet up with my outfitter for what should be one heck of an elk hunt.

Early Thursday we’ll be on horses, riding into the backcountry. Just writing those words gets my blood pumping. When it comes to time spent in the outdoors, there’s nothing I look forward to more than a wilderness hunt in the mountains.