2amd4life
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I’ve never had any issues just using totes
Good advice Kevin!
USPS to Alaska is not only expensive but very unreliable. Our small rural post offices are flooded with Amazon boxes and many are understaffed with no relief in sight.
Well that’s a very nice offer. Somebody buy this guy a beer!What exactly are you wanting to bring up? I would recommend taking as much gear as you can on the flight, and shipping, via “slow boat to China” the rest. Allow yourself plenty of time for shipping and you’ll save yourself a lot of $$ doing it that way. If you are hiring a transporter, ship it to them, otherwise you’re more than welcome to ship it to me, assuming you’re flying into Anchorage, and I’ll hold it and get it to you when you get here.
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Oddly enough, I have only flown one time with rifle. Do a lot of driving! My flight was delta and I showed folks gun at baggage check and then put real locks on a pelican case. Nobody ever had access to gun again.I agree with everything else but why would you grant the idiots in TSA access to your firearm without you...? Non-TSA locks!!
Great tips! Have you had any experience flying home large antlers (moose/caribou)? Especially velvet caribou. I'm worried about cost and damage to get those home to the lower 48 without damaging velvet. Thanks in advanceI haven't looked through the posts. I always have used Alaska Air. They provide 2 bags for free. I always carry on around 60+ lbs of gear on my back. My giant Kifaru pack so it will fit in diminsions for overheads plus a giant camera case loaded with optics, spotting scope, camcorder, etc. I gut the foam of my giant wheeled rifle case and load it with weapon, fishing rods, treking poles, and pad everything with clothes to weigh 55 lbs (or the limit wt). Each extra bag is around $60 each. Last trip I brought home 6 x insulated fish boxes that weighed 55 lbs each (over 300 lbs of meat and fish). It's usually way cheaper and safer to bring everything back with you on the airlines.
I have used action packers in the post above for gear and also brought home life sized bear, mtn goat, and sheep capes, skulls, and horns that were still frozen when I arrived home.
I really like the idea of having all my gear with me on the plane....knock on wood....never had a problem!
Use an expeditor.Great tips! Have you had any experience flying home large antlers (moose/caribou)? Especially velvet caribou. I'm worried about cost and damage to get those home to the lower 48 without damaging velvet. Thanks in advance
Last year Alaska Airlines put a stop to antler check in... only 1 per flight IIRC.Wrap the antlers well and put them on your plane. You can go to Walmart or Home Depot in Anchorage and buy what ever you like to wrap them. I see a bunch of antlers in the fall in the Anchorage airport. An expeditor works but boy it costs a bunch more and will likely take a lot longer to get home.
I believe that is still their policy. Ideally I would like to fly one hunt, but I will be hunting with a few others and with even one extra bull we may not be able to. I've talked with Alaskan Airlines and any additional antlers are not guaranteed a spot on the plane after the first one. More times than not the allow several when space allows. That all sounds great until they tell you know at luggage check in and you plane is set to depart in a few hours with no back up plan lol. Ideally I would like do have a bulletproof plan with no "what-ifs", everything set up and accounted for before our hunt begins. If all goes well, we may have 4 bulls coming home with us. Getting meat home is not a concern because we will fly that, it's just antlers. Trying to figure our options, and find a sensible/feasible way.Last year Alaska Airlines put a stop to antler check in... only 1 per flight IIRC.
Did the rules change or is it still the same?
Do you have any recommendations for an expeditor to useUse an expeditor.
I believe that is still their policy. Ideally I would like to fly one hunt, but I will be hunting with a few others and with even one extra bull we may not be able to. I've talked with Alaskan Airlines and any additional antlers are not guaranteed a spot on the plane after the first one. More times than not the allow several when space allows. That all sounds great until they tell you know at luggage check in and you plane is set to depart in a few hours with no back up plan lol. Ideally I would like do have a bulletproof plan with no "what-ifs", everything set up and accounted for before our hunt begins. If all goes well, we may have 4 bulls coming home with us. Getting meat home is not a concern because we will fly that, it's just antlers. Trying to figure our options, and find a sensible/feasible way.