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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2016, 11:31:09 AM »
I never missed an opening day of grouse season do to school!! I thought it was a conspiracy , grouse always opened the first day of school :chuckle:

You spelled "due" wrong.
Just sayin...

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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2016, 11:32:04 AM »
I had to miss a whole season due to military service. Finish school, get a job you like and that you can take time off to go hunting. Until then, suck it up. You'll be fine.


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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2016, 11:45:41 AM »
My daughter is in the same boat, she is starting highschool this year and day one is a big one.  I am going to do the morning hunt, she is going to go to school and I am going to pick her up out front at 2pm and drive back to eastern Washington to get the evening hunt in with her.  She may be calling in sick for Friday depending on how it goes.  Next year the first day won't be so big of a deal to miss.

Good luck on your decision, hopefully that buck is still there when you get time to get out after him.  Hoping there is one there for my daughter as well.
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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2016, 11:46:16 AM »
Not sure how far your hunting spot is to school, but the daylight hours for sept 1 are pretty long.

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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2016, 11:47:00 AM »
Thankfully you still have choices and options.  Many do not. 

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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2016, 11:51:15 AM »
Not sure how far your hunting spot is to school, but the daylight hours for sept 1 are pretty long.
Did a lot of before and after school hunting back in the day.  But that was back when you could clean ducks or hogs/deer at school and leave guns in the vehicle.  Science teacher liked it when you would bring stuff to put in the jars of preservative.

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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2016, 11:52:18 AM »
Thankfully you still have choices and options.  Many do not.
:yeah:
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I didn't say it would be easy, I said it would be worth it.

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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2016, 02:10:40 PM »
When I was in college @ Saint Martins they usually called my mother's house on the phone ~ the third day of class to ask if I had once again forgotten what day class was scheduled to start.  She would track me down, usually somewhere in central Washington, and I would show up the next day. 

I remember being at the bakery one school day, picking up maple bars to spice up a bear bait, when my father walks in.  He gave the lady behind the counter a long list of pastries to add to my order.  Then says, "I want to hear how much the principal appreciated you buying donuts for the teachers lounge."  He never mentioned that encounter again! :chuckle:

This was back in prehistoric times, when baiting was still legal.   :chuckle:
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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #23 on: July 27, 2016, 05:26:38 PM »
This was back in prehistoric times, when baiting was still legal.   :chuckle:

'81 or '82.  Back when you could take your gun to school, on the bus, as long as the bolt was removed.  And the bus driver would drop you off at the logging road of your choice during hunting season.
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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2016, 06:06:30 PM »
This was back in prehistoric times, when baiting was still legal.   :chuckle:

'81 or '82.  Back when you could take your gun to school, on the bus, as long as the bolt was removed.  And the bus driver would drop you off at the logging road of your choice during hunting season.
never saw those days.

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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2016, 07:52:06 PM »
I never missed an opening day of grouse season do to school!! I thought it was a conspiracy , grouse always opened the first day of school :chuckle:

You spelled "due" wrong.
Just sayin...

 ;)
:chuckle: yep maybe I shouldn't have missed so many days of school, haha . I had to miss 4  years of hunting the mighty blacktail when I joined the army after I gradiated,  :chuckle:. That sucked  :'(

Just giving you crap...
:tup:
Thank you for your service.
it was totally my pleasure, the army, especially doing what I did was just flat awesome!! Thank you!!
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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2016, 10:21:01 PM »
This was back in prehistoric times, when baiting was still legal.   :chuckle:

'81 or '82.  Back when you could take your gun to school, on the bus, as long as the bolt was removed.  And the bus driver would drop you off at the logging road of your choice during hunting season.

Now my kids need a permission note to get off at a different stop than normal - like to go to a friend's house.  It would probably take a signed note from God to get a rifle on their bus......Nahh, that wouldn't do it either.

Life gets better and better as the years slip by, huh?  :'(

Predator G - let us know how it all works out.  Maybe you'll meet the girl of your dreams if you end up going to school that first day... (it could happen I guess  :dunno:  :tup:).
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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #27 on: July 28, 2016, 12:28:11 AM »
This was back in prehistoric times, when baiting was still legal.   :chuckle:

'81 or '82.  Back when you could take your gun to school, on the bus, as long as the bolt was removed.  And the bus driver would drop you off at the logging road of your choice during hunting season.

This sounds legendary.

And fishnfur, I go to a pretty small school and am pretty well known but it could still happen. That almost makes it worse tho, skip Friday to hunt or go to school so I can see some hot new girl? Maybe she hunts and I can bring her with!
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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #28 on: July 28, 2016, 12:50:01 AM »
... and maybe she has a mustache.  It's Kitsap after all.   :chuckle:

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Re: Opening day woes
« Reply #29 on: July 28, 2016, 01:01:29 AM »
My first two years of college I attended summer classes and took fall quarter off.

 


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