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Exporting hunting trophies
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:31 pm
by bendybus
Hi, anyone got any recent experience with exporting a hunting trophy? I have a muntjac head mounted on a plinth which I'm meant to be sending to an acquaintance in Austria, it's two years overdue due to a very relaxed taxidermist, and I'm now struggling to find a courier company to accept it. It appears a number of couriers are now not accepting hunting trophies. Short of driving it to Austria myself (don't get me wrong, I'd love to but can't take the time off work), I'm a bit stumped. Any ideas welcome!
Re: Exporting hunting trophies
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:58 pm
by DL.
Awesome first post.
Re: Exporting hunting trophies
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:01 am
by safetyfirst
Make it into a nice padded cube and say it's something else!
Re: Exporting hunting trophies
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:56 am
by snayperskaya
safetyfirst wrote:Make it into a nice padded cube and say it's something else!
"Sports equipment".......everything goes as "sports equipment"
Re: Exporting hunting trophies
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:25 am
by ovenpaa
Welcome to the forum.
Have you tried PBS International
https://www.pbs-int.co.uk/ They ship amongst other things, firearms and animals so they may be able to help or suggest an alternative.
Re: Exporting hunting trophies
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 6:12 pm
by meles meles
Ovenpaa wrote: They ship amongst other things, firearms and animals so they may be able to help or suggest an alternative.
Are they less expensive than a 1st class ticket ?
Re: Exporting hunting trophies
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:04 am
by bendybus
Update: thought I'd found someone who could send it - Citysprint - turns out they couldn't, and it came back! To be fair they did try and find someone else, TNT Special Services, but they wanted around £400 incl. VAT. So I declined. PBS International have been very helpful and am awaiting price - thanks for the info!!
Re: Exporting hunting trophies
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:40 am
by Countryman
Will they not ship "taxidermy" rather than "trophies"?
Sent from my boing using "An application"
Re: Exporting hunting trophies
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:04 pm
by snayperskaya
Might sound daft but would it possibly be cheaper and easier if the acquaintance in Austria arranged a courier from his end?, maybe their carriers have no problem with this sort of thing and stuff from Europe always seems cheaper shipping-wise than the cost of shipping stuff out.
I sold a stack of motorbike magazines to a guy in Germany, it was going to cost around £70 for me to ship them but he arranged a courier for around about £25 from his end.