Personally I'd like a longer season, I sometimes miss weeks at a time & it'd be nice to hunt the rut when it gets all goofy, 49er's right on this, it's not mandatory to be there every day the woods are open!
I know guys that would probably wind up divorced if season was year-round, they just can't "not be there" if it's legal, usually the same guys that need to ground-check every set of antlers they see.