RE: Elk rack shipping, flying..
Alaska airline does not let antler on the plane.On one hunt I split the skull and was able to smuggle a set of caribou antles on. A few years later I tryed that with a moose ,they knew what was in that large of a box.So I packed it with all my cloths and soft stuff and UPSed it home,then had the meat and cape as checked luggage.On one trip I took a 9.9 outboard as luggage and barrowed gas tanks and a raft from a air taxi I hired to fly me in. On the way home alaska airlines gave me a hard time about it,but what could they say I brought it with me and I'm taking it home.