Did you fly a skull/antlers home on Alaska last fall?

[Quandary]

To simplify things check out Alaska Trophy Express. Used them last year for both the head and meat. The contact in Fairbanks, who is also a taxidermist (doing my Grizzly), met us at Wright Air Service took everything. The next time we saw it was in Wisconsin. Reasonable cost and the guy who owns/runs it is great. The key is how close you live to one of the drop of points.

 

[MuleyFever]

To simplify things check out Alaska Trophy Express. Used them last year for both the head and meat. The contact in Fairbanks, who is also a taxidermist (doing my Grizzly), met us at Wright Air Service took everything. The next time we saw it was in Wisconsin. Reasonable cost and the guy who owns/runs it is great. The key is how close you live to one of the drop of points.

Did you use Kevin?

 

[Quandary]

Did you use Kevin?

Yes Kevin was the contact in Fairbanks. As of last fall he was working with ATE to be the guy for everything in Fairbanks. I am not up to date on whether or not it all came together.

Kevin got my Grizzly skull to me by Christmas and is currently rugging the hide.

 

[kwackkillncrew]

Appropriate meat care

above all else!

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

and the only way they were allowed to continue shipping horns/skulls was if they had them wrapped for smell and bacteria for other customers.

I've had blood draining out of folks fish boxes onto my luggage who didn't fully freeze their meat nor apparently line the fish box with a garbage bag or such when loading in their meat unfrozen meat. So I can see why they'd want things wrapped up better.

 

[benconfused]

Yes Kevin was the contact in Fairbanks. As of last fall he was working with ATE to be the guy for everything in Fairbanks. I am not up to date on whether or not it all came together.

Kevin got my Grizzly skull to me by Christmas and is currently rugging the hide.

Does he have representation in Kotzebue?

 

[Quandary]

Does he have representation in Kotzebue?

No clue

 

[GFMThunter]

I've had blood draining out of folks fish boxes onto my luggage who didn't fully freeze their meat nor apparently line the fish box with a garbage bag or such when loading in their meat unfrozen meat. So I can see why they'd want things wrapped up better.

ouch, yeah, that would be legitimate reasons not to allow it. to be honest, it's pretty cool they even do. I can imagine the frustration to someone when that happens and the airline can't do much but apologize and try to find a way to make it right by the customer, tough on them and frustrating too.

 

[Whip]

Alaska Trophy Express is the Easy Button, and will worth it IMO. By the time you rent a big enough vehicle to run around Fairbanks with meat and antlers, buy meat boxes, packing materials, try to get meat flash frozen before a flight, pay two or three extra baggage fees at $150 a pop, then stress about whether they will take it when you show up at the airport, flying with meat and antlers is not a great solution. If all you want to ship back are antlers ATE does have separate pricing for that. Just call and talk to him. When you look at all the money you are laying out for a great Alaskan adventure trying to save a few bucks on getting your trophy home doesn't seem like it is worth it.

 

[benconfused]

Alaska Trophy Express is the Easy Button, and will worth it IMO. By the time you rent a big enough vehicle to run around Fairbanks with meat and antlers, buy meat boxes, packing materials, try to get meat flash frozen before a flight, pay two or three extra baggage fees at $150 a pop, then stress about whether they will take it when you show up at the airport, flying with meat and antlers is not a great solution. If all you want to ship back are antlers ATE does have separate pricing for that. Just call and talk to him. When you look at all the money you are laying out for a great Alaskan adventure trying to save a few bucks on getting your trophy home doesn't seem like it is worth it.

Doesn't look like they roll thru Kotzebue based on their map.

 

[Whip]

Doesn't look like they roll thru Kotzebue based on their map.

Yeah, logistics are obviously a lot more complicated in the roadless towns.

 

[malberto416]

Lots of really good info in this thread, thanks for sharing. Definitely taking notes for my upcoming AK trip!