Mixed emotions about extending bird season

I have mixed feelings about a recent proposal to extend the upland bird season one more month. While I’d love to keep hunting until the end of January, my wife, I’m sure has other thoughts.

The season currently runs from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1.

Barb’s fine for the first three months, but after that her patience begins to grow thin.

“Is it over yet?” she starts asking.

In my defense I list the chores and projects around the house that I had completed during the fall. It’s never a very long list.

“The season will be over soon,” I reassure her.

Now it may not.

Extending the bird season is among the pr...