Shipping Antlers Across Canada

[RemMag]

I'm trying to prepare for all possibilities for my Alberta Elk hunt later on this year. Does anyone have experience with shipping or transporting their trophy across Canada? Information seems to be limited for some reason, and from what I have gathered so far it can be an expensive undertaking. This is all assuming I'm successful during the hunt, but I would like to try and budget for everything possible to make for a smooth trip. Thanks in advance

[Blackwolf]

Where are you hunting? You may need to get a taxidermist to tag it, but if it comes from Wainright, leave it here and take home the memories

[RemMag]

Where are you hunting? You may need to get a taxidermist to tag it, but if it comes from Wainright, leave it here and take home the memories

Still in the early planning stages with my girlfriend's father who is the Hunter Host, and haven't narrowed down an exact location as of yet. He has hunted in the Three Sisters Mountains area in the past, so that may be an option. I'm heading to Alberta in April as well, so a lot of the planning will happen then. I'll be staying in the Lac La Biche area before and after the hunt, so I'll see if I can track down a taxidermist

[Blackwolf]

There is a good taxidermist in Olds, can't remember the name... I thought Three Sisters was Kananastis country, or on the border. We are going South West of Rocky Mountain house for Late October. Elk don't come down until snows flies usually.

[Fox]

Still in the early planning stages with my girlfriend's father who is the Hunter Host, and haven't narrowed down an exact location as of yet. He has hunted in the Three Sisters Mountains area in the past, so that may be an option. I'm heading to Alberta in April as well, so a lot of the planning will happen then. I'll be staying in the Lac La Biche area before and after the hunt, so I'll see if I can track down a taxidermist

If it is "family" that you are hunting with, I do not know about legal things with regards to tagging, but you can box it up and ship it via Canada post, by air would be a horrible thing to do in my opinion, they charge for everything and you are lucky if it is not broken.

Greyhound is another cheaper option.

[RemMag]

If it is "family" that you are hunting with, I do not know about legal things with regards to tagging, but you can box it up and ship it via Canada post, by air would be a horrible thing to do in my opinion, they charge for everything and you are lucky if it is not broken.

Greyhound is another cheaper option.

Agreed that going by air would probably end up in a bad end result. I should give Canada Post a call and see what they have to say. Their website doesn't give a whole lot of information

[RemMag]

There is a good taxidermist in Olds, can't remember the name... I thought Three Sisters was Kananastis country, or on the border. We are going South West of Rocky Mountain house for Late October. Elk don't come down until snows flies usually.

I know they do a lot of their hunting in West / South-Western Alberta and as I recall Rocky Mountain House is one of the areas they have hunted in as well. As for Three Sisters, it looks to be pretty close to the border. Not sure the exact location where they have hunted, but know it is somewhere in that general area. From the sounds of it they haven't hunted there in awhile

[Fox]

Agreed that going by air would probably end up in a bad end result. I should give Canada Post a call and see what they have to say. Their website doesn't give a whole lot of information

Call Greyhound Courier as well, I used them to shop 30lbs of preserved to Whitehorse, not one was broken and it was $80, a lot better then Canada Post.

[RemMag]

Call Greyhound Courier as well, I used them to shop 30lbs of preserved to Whitehorse, not one was broken and it was $80, a lot better then Canada Post.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give them a shout

[hunter391]

Crate the antlers and call one of the tucking company's that hauls BC to Ontario . Example "Bison Transport".