This year, I managed to set myself up for continuous hunting, from October 4th through November 15th, by way of an Elk hunt (Utah) that immediately turned into a Deer hunt (Idaho) and then turned immediately into another Elk hunt (Idaho). ...With opportunities for upland game, small game, black bear, cougar, bobcat, and wolf (in Idaho, at least).
Elk hunt #1 didn't work out. I didn't see a single elk after the morning before opening day, because the cattlemen getting their cattle off the mountain pushed everything into an off-limits unit (the jerks completely bum-rushed a 60 square mile area with ATVs, trucks, horses, tow rigs, cattle trucks, and anything else you can imagine, right before opening day, and then hit it for three days straight, starting the day after opening day). It didn't help that the previous month's worth of weather (wet, but warm), and hunting season weather (hot and dry) were in the elk's favor, either.
The Deer hunt really didn't work out. That's a whole 'nuther story...
Elk season #2 has been open for quite some time, and I'd really like to fill this cow tag that's sitting in my wallet; but my motivation level is low. Every time I leave to go hunting this year, something bad happens at home. I'm scared....
Plus, my rifles have all decided to self-destruct this year. So, I'm down to one known-good rifle, and I don't even have it. My brother's son borrowed it for Elk hunt #1, and I haven't had the cajones to leave home to retrieve it yet (3 hours each way - usually an overnight trip).