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How do you bring home your trophy deer or elk hunting as airline baggage!

With a little advance preparation work before leaving hunting camp you can make your trophy deer or elk rack strong enough to compete with all other drivers and Samsonite luggage airline luggage. While this article is primarily for hunters who travel internationally, it also works for domestic air travel as well.

Like trophy hunter international, I have personally hunted and fished in 5 continents. Air travel is a means of transport for most of the destinations you have traveled to hunt. The ability to take your trophy as luggage can be stored up to 6 months time and up to $ 750 or more in expenses related to importation and shipping. Not all countries allow this, but some do. The savings can almost pay for the taxidermy. I brought as baggage trophies from Canada, Mexico and Iceland. From January 2010 some airlines have increased restrictions on antlers as baggage packed. I recommend you check with your airline of choice before purchasing your tickets.

Cape or rug should be frozen.
One important factor to consider is the ability to keep the coat or blanket from the time frozen leave your hunting destination until you get home. In many cases this requires a good 24 hours for a cold. The layer or carpet should be folded several times to save space and frozen. Hunters taking their trophies on the final day with no time to freeze in the camp may consider staying an extra day, especially if you are traveling of a foreign country or the United States have many scales. A new law in Mexico states cape should be frozen before you hit the border.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the customs check to make sure your coat or blanket is frozen, since they do not want the blood to pass through the luggage and freezing the also help remove any unwanted error entering the United States. Place your wet coat or carpet in a black garbage bag twice and then freeze. Sure to put a label with your name on your coat. The label must have your complete contact information on one side and your contact information on the other taxidermists. Thus if your coat or rug is separated from his luggage, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife to know how to contact you. Then put the frozen ground and packaged in a collapsible cooler isolated. On my last trip to Mexico, I brought out of the Sonoran Desert Mule Deer 10 "x10" x9 "folding insulated cooler space to spare. Then I put the cooler in my luggage Cabela's. If you are carrying a moose-sized animal, you need a bigger refrigerator.

When I get home, take your right to your taxidermist frozen layer. Let him, like frozen or she may not have time to process the moment you arrive. Remember, if you Coming from Canada, Mexico or any other foreign country, you must designate a certified USDA taxidermist in Form 3-177-1 and that is where you need frozen cape. This does not apply to domestic travel.

Protecting your horn, horn and cap breakage.
His trophy horns or antlers the animal are more susceptible to breakage in transportation back with you on the airline. There are 3 steps to protect them when packaged as luggage. You do not need a box with this method.

First, you need to protect each tooth or point. You can do this with pieces of discarded garden hose cut to a variety of 3 "to 6" long. You can use a hose 5 / 8 or ¾ inch. Place the cut piece pipe on the point until it reaches a break when the diameter of the horn is larger than the diameter of the hose. Make sure that at least 1 " 1 ½ "hose extends beyond the tip and then duct tape the hose to the individual tooth. Repeat this process until all the teeth the horns are protected.

Secondly, either wrap the cap with tape. Make sure the owner has boiled cover skull and removed the flesh and brain matter. This is a U.S. Fish and Regulation of Wildlife.

Third, you'll want to prepare the space inside the main beams. In the case of a mule deer or white-tailed deer, a brace should be sufficient. In the case of a large animal like a moose you may want to use two keys. A corset is a good wooden pin or a straight stick good. You will have to cut this brace for measuring and between one or two areas thicker than the main beam, usually between C-2 and C-3 (see photo). Once the key is cut to measure, tape in place and then duct tape corset too. You do not want the corset to move. Do not worry about the tape, the taxidermist will be easy to remove any residue of tape of the antlers. Once your teeth are protected and the straps are in place, wrap the tines and main beams with bubble wrap and tape in place. Sure not to cover the tags of the antlers and the Fish and Wildlife U.S. will have to see. For some hunters, this may seem a little over-kill in the horns. I know some that been achieved by the teeth with only protected. International hunting are becoming more and more expensive and the last thing I want to happen to my trophy of a lifetime is to broken in transit. A missing tooth or two during the baggage handling will never recover and can not be classified as such by Boone & Crockett, or Pope Safari Club International & Young. A little preparation can ensure your trophy arrives home in one piece.

At the Time Carrier against.

When you are checking in your luggage, ask the attendant at the registration desk to label the horns with a special handling. They will at no additional cost. You may incur Additional charges for luggage, however. If you are a frequent flier with elite status, the excess baggage fees may be waived. Be sure to ask the attendant at the counter.

Going through U.S. customs and Fish and Wildlife

Any time you come back from a different country, will to collect your luggage and clear customs. Be sure to declare all or trophy could be subject to seizure. Make sure you have all your paperwork in order. This includes the U.S. Fish and Form 3-177-1 Wildlife and documentation of its owner. The equipment supplier documentation must include your foreign hunting license, tag game (Must be placed in your horns before leaving the country) and any document showing the license and property owners where they carried out were legal for hunting hunt.

Having all these documents in hand when approaching the Fish and Wildlife U.S. U.S. side Customs. The officer will surely appreciate this and will transition run a lot smoother. After passing through customs and Fish and Wildlife U.S., recheck their luggage to their final destination. If you are national hunting (within the U.S.), you do not need to go through Customs or Fish and Wildlife U.S..

After the trip the packing list

You want to have some things in your luggage, you may fail to find or have time to shop at your destination. Most of these items will fit in a duffel bag Cabela's kind of big with his hunting equipment. You need the following;

1. A roll of plastic bubbles. (Available at any office supply store like Staples or Office Max)

2. A roll of tape (available at any office supply store as Staples or Office Max)

3. The pieces of garden hose to cut different lengths. Preparation for the largest deer or elk is usually taken in the area. This is no way to fall short. Look in the garden shed for the old and leaky hose that has not thrown yet.

4. Wooden pegs ½ "or 5 / 8 "diameter. Again, prepare for the biggest game of making the area generally. Ask your guard lying on the grill. Get a deer and 2 for the moose. Wooden dowels can buy any improvement store for home and Home Depot, Lowes or Menards, etc.

5. Folding Insulated Cooler. You can find these at Wal-Mart for $ 10 – $ 15.

6. Taxidermy Tags. Ask your consultant for hunting or do their own. I recommend laminating labels. You must have one of the horns, one for the layer and another for the insulated cooler.

7. Plastic zip ties to attach the taxidermy tags.

8. 2 Mil Heavy garbage bags to wrap your coat or rug.

If you ask, its owner may be willing to collect these items before their arrival in the field of saving you some space in your luggage. If traveling to a destination home game, you can buy these items and have them shipped to your shipowner. I would not recommend if you are shipping to Canada, Mexico or any other international destination, as it would be too expensive for shipping, customs, package etc and can not reach the owner at the time. Ask its owner for a UPS address and send it in advance. Make sure that someone will accept the package. During hunting season, many equipment suppliers in the field.

With a little advance planning and the help of his agent hunting, you will be able to bring home your trophy deer or elk the next as baggage and not have to worry that it is broken by baggage handlers or heavy luggage. You can use the money you saved to apply to the taxidermy bill.

About the Author

Rick Kennerknecht has been a hunter since the age of 12 and has hunted, fished and collected trophies on 5 Continents.  In 1991, Rick started turning his passion into a business and incorporated Global Sporting Safaris in 2001.  Global Sporting Safaris is now a major Corporation with a full time staff of five and several part time sales agents.

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