Shipping Your Meat and Trophy Back Home

When it comes to shipping your meat and/or antlers and cape back home you need to plan ahead. You should either make arrangements with an expeditor, or plan to use ours.

• Size, time and expense all play a major role getting big game meat and trophies from Alaska back home. The species harvested will greatly affect these factors.
• If you shoot a moose and want to get the entire animal back home then size, number of boxes and expense will be quite large, but if you take a wolf then you can probably get away with checking it as luggage.
• Meat boxes can be purchased.
• Flying meat and antlers as checked baggage is the most economical way to get things home. Check airline regulations and pricing before you come.

We suggest using an expeditor for shipping your trophy.

If you haven’t made arrangements with your own expeditor before you arrive, you can use ours. We work with Tundra Tanning and Taxidermy, an expeditor out of Wasilla, Alaska who is experienced in handling and shipping big game trophies.

Things to remember when packing your antlers.

• Your antlers must be split for shipping.
• Shipping several antlers together is pretty common especially if there are more than one hunter.
• Antler tips must be well padded to prevent damage to other luggage.
• Antlers may be checked as regular baggage as long as they are free from blood and flesh and meet regular bag requirements.

Another option is to ship via Alaska Air Cargo.

If you go to Alaska Airline’s website they have a section on the requirements of shipping big game. They classify big game as moose, caribou, goat and sheep, which includes meat, hides and capes.

Shipping your meat home.

Our best suggestion for getting your meat home is to pack it in meat boxes and take it with you on your flight as checked luggage.

• Meat must be wrapped in a leak-proof polyurethane bag regardless of the outer packaging.
• There must be no blood, dirt or odor.
• All packages should be labeled with the hunter or hunters’ names and addresses plus hunting license numbers.