Dean Bortz: An Avett brother in Missoula antique store?

Considering that I drew Montana deer and elk tags for this fall, I’d like to have been able to call our recent soiree to Montana, Oregon, and Idaho a scouting trip, but if I had to be honest – and I guess I do – that would be stretching it a bit.
Oh, I did some scouting, but those discoveries aren’t going to get me very much closer to tagging a bull during the Montana archery season in September, or putting the scope’s crosshairs on a Missouri Breaks buck in early November. I did learn a few things, though, that I’d be more willing to share than the coordinates of my favorite elk hunting spots.