In the woods or wilderness I think you should have your weapon as handy as possible. The idea of conceling a weapon is two fold. 1. If some thug gets the drop on you well, they have the drop on you and thats that. But in a carjacking situation, some thugs will just shoot you then take your car. Sometimes they will take your car etc and shoot you anyway. So conceiling may be good in having some element of suprise. 2. Keeping your gun hidden keeps people from feeling like there in the old west. Out of sight out of mind. You might add a #3 or so if you like. Just my thoughts. In a public park like yellowstone etc. I don't think that guns are needed. But in the wilderness, well, thats another subject...