Yeah, old memories.... when I was in high school in the 1960s in deep East Texas almost none of the boys were at school on openning day of deer season, including me. When we actually shot a buck we tied him to the hood of the car and drove to school to show him off. Hands and arms half bloody from cleaning our quary, with the guns in the back seat.
Everyone, almost, would come to see the trophy and no one thought it strange. It was considered normal. Only a very few of our crowd got in serious trouble (and he was no hunter!) and everyone turned out to be a tax paying responsible adult.
That could not happen today, but still boys, and girls, are absent the first days of deer and quail season and no one thinks its strange. Viva Texas!!!
Quailguy
"Virtute et Labore"
