thanx guys..like i said..i wont be back there too often..maybe a few days..it should be a nice day out when i am back there..if not i got a few square miles there and know theres birds all over it...who...when i was in junior high i missed almost 20 days a year for a few years and was really sick maybe 3....my parents are pretty leanient on letting me skip for hunting fishing...or just because i dont feel like going..i keep up the grades and dont have a problem or theyd make me go..now that im in highschool the last 2 years i still miss atleast 10-15 days a year...but not all at once how it used to be..i used to go for the first week of turkey..then come home for a week and then go back for another 3-5 days..usually 4 or 5...most teachers dont know about turkey hunting or anything and they cant say a word to me anyways....but when i am back telling stories and showing pics they learn! lol...my dad just switched his days off now and its thursday and friday instead of friday saturday...looks like i will be " sick" them days this spring if hes going hunting...i remember 5th and 6th grade i wasnt in school on a wed or thursday in may both years...wonder what the school thought!! lol...i cant wait...