Two men go missing on opening day of hunting season in the Colorado Flat Tops wilderness. One is a hunting guide, the other is an animal rights protester. Hunting guide Allison Coil saw enough to believe that someone knows something. Outfitter George Grumley fends off the investigation in order to protect his guide service. Animal rights activist Dawn Ellenberg plots a public relations coup around the story of a hunter who joins her crusade. And Trudy Grumley, wife of the outfitter, befriends Allison and the two chart a course that may uncover the truth.