I used to open carry every time I saddled my horse and headed into the woods here in SOhio. I kinda got out of the habit and carry a Machete Jr on my saddle now instead, but I used to get some strange looks running into other riders on the trail. People just don't know how to take someone wearing a gun in the open I guess.
Where did you ride?
I remember when I was a kid, dad and his friends would take off on their horses every weekend into wayne national forest, lookin like john wayne with their saddle holsters and their rifles. Man i thought that was cool