[Gritty]

My wife and I hike a lot in the area where the Bryants were murdered. There are an awfully lot of remote places out there where skulduggery would be extremely easy. Also, there are Wiccans, Satanists and druggies who hang around in these woods for their own various reasons - none of them wholesome. We completely avoid the area in the days around Halloween (we have seen clear evidence of rites).

I am always "visibly" armed and careful of anybody I meet out there. There is no sense calling 911 when out there (just ask the Bryants, who tried). Most people you run into are good people but one never knows when or where you will meet a bad one and they may not appear "threatening" (although the one time my alarm bells got working really overtime, they certainly were).

The woods may be a place for solitude but it is not a place where you want to let your guard down, either.

[Babsig]

Ok everyone, question. My husband and I are arguing the point of carrying a gun hiking. Does one have to have a concealed license to carry while hiking or not if carrying the weapon visible? We hike alot with our family in many places in western NC and now we are seriously considering taking a weapon. Any advice would be welcomed.

[Southerngl]

My wife and I hike a lot in the area where the Bryants were murdered. There are an awfully lot of remote places out there where skulduggery would be extremely easy. Also, there are Wiccans, Satanists and druggies who hang around in these woods for their own various reasons - none of them wholesome. We completely avoid the area in the days around Halloween (we have seen clear evidence of rites).

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I would be less afraid of a wiccan or even pagan rite as opposed to satanist or some pervert.