Wylee Mitchell (20) in her RV. Wylee Mitchell is 20 years old, red-haired, and dreams of having her own talk show. But most of all, she’s afraid of guns. Even though she comes from a family that’s always hunted, the thought of killing for fun makes the hair on her arms stand on end. Still, she owns a pistol. It’s sealed in a box in the back of her trailer. If she ever needs it, she knows where it is and how to use it. Her stepfather taught her when she was seven years old. Because where Wylee grew up, the nearest town is far away - if something needs doing, you do it yourself. Her childhood home in Dust Valley, Nevada, is surrounded by grasslands near the border of Utah. Every morning, the school bus would pick her up at the end of the gravel road. And every morning, she was the only child getting on. After 30 minutes, another little girl would board — and then it was another hour to school. In the backyard, 24 horses were always grazing, and on the sloped hills, the family ran cattle. She was just a few days old the first time she sat on a horse. She considers herself a product of rodeo — her parents fell in love while riding rodeo together in high school. As soon as she could stay in the saddle, she started competing. Now she’s captain of the Colorado Mesa College rodeo team in Grand Junction, in western Colorado.