Bringing home trophies as checked baggage from Zimbabwe?

[Huntforever]

This is a very interesting thought. I've also brought Animals from Canada and Mexico. Why can't you do the same from African at least with plains games? Why Not?..

 

[DonPablo]

Everything I've read says finished taxidermy is ok. My question is if you are bringing back your friend's skulls/skins, does the paperwork need to have your name on it?

 

[joriley76]

Hello all, I have a Kudo that I shot in September that I would like to bring back in checked luggage as well, it is a surprisingly difficult question to answer, I suspect because it is not very common for people to be in SA frequently, but i go every year for business so its easy enough for me. I plan to contact Customs and Border control to ask this question, I brought 2 Mouflon skulls and horns back from the Czech Republic this year which raised some eyebrows at customs but in the end was no problem...but not sure if SA is a different set of regs or not. I can also say that I've been to HuntEx multiple times, there i've bought Kudu inner horns, hides, and brought them back with no issue so I can't imagine a skull and horns would be any different, I'll let you all know what I find out.

 

[DonPablo]

Hello all, I have a Kudo that I shot in September that I would like to bring back in checked luggage as well, it is a surprisingly difficult question to answer, I suspect because it is not very common for people to be in SA frequently, but i go every year for business so its easy enough for me. I plan to contact Customs and Border control to ask this question, I brought 2 Mouflon skulls and horns back from the Czech Republic this year which raised some eyebrows at customs but in the end was no problem...but not sure if SA is a different set of regs or not. I can also say that I've been to HuntEx multiple times, there i've bought Kudu inner horns, hides, and brought them back with no issue so I can't imagine a skull and horns would be any different, I'll let you all know what I find out.

From everything I've read you should be fine if the crate doesn't exceed the maximum weight/size.

 

[joriley76]

From everything I've read you should be fine if the crate doesn't exceed the maximum weight/size.

Correct, my plan is to remove the horns and put the skull/horns in an large bow case.