I suppose there are good reasons to stay in the lower elevations this month, coastal salmon and wheat-field honkers among them, but October in the Rockies (or the Coast Range, the Wasatch or the Sierra Nevada) is the best combination of weather, abundant fish and game, and public access.
Use this month’s pep talk as inspiration for the idea of heading for the hills to chase treeline grouse and heavy-horned mule deer or to
