Painted horse you have ridden through some of the most beautiful country! And the camping and riding you have done is the stuff I have dreamed of!! I wish I had the opportunity to go on a camp/hunt like that! Where I live I am mostly confined to riding on roads and there is virtually no place to go camping that is within reasonable distance from my home.
Yes Elk hunting is a special time of year to be on the mountain. Leaves are turning colors, warm sunny afternoonds, Elk bugling, great horse rides exploring the mountains.
Course there are the cold and snowny days
But in general we have terrific scenry, outstanding vistas, lots of color.
Celeste, I lived two years in Georgia. I know what your part of the country looks like, Although I was mostly on a bike when I was there and never rode horses through your woods. Probably a good thing, The chiggers would have consumed me.
The chiggers don't seem to climb up the horse's legs. If you only get off on the dirt roads you're ok. It's the hiking through deep grass that kills you.
Man that is some nice parts of the country. I really would like to go on a hunt like that ha ha. Yeah down here in mississippi I don't have very much scenery like that and chiggers....... They are bad ha ha. Never dismount in tall grass unless you have drowned yourself in bug spray!