Time of year can be a big determining factor in what can and/or should be done.
For example, US Highway 12, from Lolo, Montana, to Lewiston, Idaho, is an incredible drive during peak run-off season - generally May/June. It's over 100 miles between Lolo and Kooskia, winding along the (Lochsa and then Selway) river bank, in steep canyons, with no way out, few places to stop, usually no fuel at the
one remaining gas station in the gorge, ridiculous scenery, and a 3,900 ft elevation change. High water is impressive. But, later in the year - especially late summer - it's just a small river with more bugs out to bite and annoy while the humidity and heat can be oppressive.
The same can go for gun-related things.
There's an outfit outside of Shoshone, Idaho, for example, that offers pig and sheep hunting. They'll let you use any weapon you want, except for full-size vehicles. Spear, knife, blow-gun, MG42, ATV equipped with spikes... whatever you want, so long as it's legally possessed and used, is likely to be lethal, and won't hurt additional animals.
They do NOT, however, allow hunting during the summer. Not only is it too hot and dry for humans to have an enjoyable time, but it is too hard on the animals that get pushed around in the heat.
They also do not allow hunting during the winter, because the snow is usually deep enough to prevent vehicle access and also creates unstable ice bridges over the natural crevices and open lava tubes. The last thing they need is a customer falling through an ice bridge and getting seriously injured in a lava tube.
Spring is hunting season, there. And, if they have enough breeding stock last through the summer, there may be some opportunities "just before the snow starts sticking" (generally October).
Where you end up, and how far you're willing to travel, could be just as important.
For example...
If you're in Post Falls/Coeur d'Alene, ID, you can get to Seattle, WA, quicker than you can get to West Yellowstone, MT (Idaho/Montana/Wyoming border).
The same goes for Post Falls to Boise, on the same side of the state. Although the difference is only 80-odd miles, the roads traveled between Post Falls and Boise add 2-3 hours of travel time vs Post Falls to Seattle.
I live in Southeast Idaho. I can drive the entire length of Utah and on to Las Vegas, NV, quicker than I can drive to the Post Falls/Coeur d'Alene area in my own state.
Here's a map that may help: