One, two, and three all apply with me. Just curious. Some people feel that a kid should NEVER miss school. I feel that life is too short to let a great hunt opportunity with my kid pass him and I by.

Nope.

my parents let me skip as long as my grades are good

I'll stick my neck out here ...... I was always allowed to skip school on all the openers with my Dad ..... IF my grades were kept up and there weren't any other attendance issues ..... those hunts were VERY special to me ... I would NEVER rob my kids of the same feeling ...... so my answer is a resounding ....... YES!

AND .... I am a Principal / Teacher of a private school ....

Those are my rules too PT. Good grades, chores done, and good attitude.

Ditto, as long as I ask, they really don't have a problem. But leaving school early to hit the woods w/o your parents consentis a bad idea[:-], sometimes the school realizes your not there, then they call your house lol. That may not go over too well w/ the folks[8D].

I didn't hunt during high school, but I was always allowed to skip a friday to go fishing with my dad every year. I always had good grades and high school was a joke anyway as far as preparing you for college. When I have kids of mine own, they will have the same privileges.

me too

Same here. I have been out of college for three years now, and in hindsight, I can offer some advice as a fresh out of school adult.

Don't let your kids cut school if they are struggling, and don't "cut a deal" with them either...stand your ground. Keep in mind that your kids are probably skipping school anyway to hunt (I used to skip school to hunt with my principal, who was skipping work, and his secretary, who happened to be my neighbor was covering for us both).

School is important, and if you raised your kids right, and they have their priorieties right, then they won't ask to skip school if they have something important to do at school that day. There is no worse lesson you can teach your kids than the one that its ok to stand up responsibilities just because you finally have a NE wind and a cold front is moving through. That lesson will stick, and pretty soon it won't matter what the wind is...they will cut class. Hunting is addictive, just like a drug...and cutting class to hunt is just as easy. Take it from me...because I went from a 3.8 cumulative to barely graduating with a 3.3 when I started hunting everyday my senior year. That decision probably cost me $40K in both starting job salary and in potential scholarships to grad school (even though I decided not to go). Don't get me wrong, its nobodies fault but my own. My parents NEVER let me cut school. But Dad did say that if I ever got straight A's (even just once) in high school...he'd take me out west to elk hunt. My Dad just turned 57, and I doubt we will ever make it out west together...so plan trips...it is important to spend time together...but don't let it become more important than work/class/family/responsibilites.

my parents never let me skip. wouldnt even let me come in late.