Polar bear hide question...
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Polar bear hide question...
I read that limited polar bear hunting was allowed in Russia and I want to go for it…. But, does some one know is it allowed to import polar bear hides to USA?
Could you give me any links where I may read some more about custom limits for this kind of things… Thank you in advance!
Could you give me any links where I may read some more about custom limits for this kind of things… Thank you in advance!
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RE: Polar bear hide question...
one of my buddies went to alaska last year and killed one and he was allowed to bring it home with him, i know up until a few yrs ago you couldnt bring them back. back in the 70's my dads friend shot one and got a full mount and to this day it sits at the archorage airport.
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Location: Tennessee
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RE: Polar bear hide question...
ORIGINAL: rockpile rob
back in the 70's my dads friend shot one and got a full mount and to this day it sits at the archorage airport.
back in the 70's my dads friend shot one and got a full mount and to this day it sits at the archorage airport.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Kodiak, AK
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RE: Polar bear hide question...
ORIGINAL: rockpile rob
one of my buddies went to alaska last year and killed one and he was allowed to bring it home with him, i know up until a few yrs ago you couldnt bring them back. back in the 70's my dads friend shot one and got a full mount and to this day it sits at the archorage airport.
one of my buddies went to alaska last year and killed one and he was allowed to bring it home with him, i know up until a few yrs ago you couldnt bring them back. back in the 70's my dads friend shot one and got a full mount and to this day it sits at the archorage airport.
Last I checked the going rate in Canada for a 10 day polar bear hunt by dogsled was $28K. I haven't seen costs for Russia or even heard of it as a possibility until just now.
I believe that Safari Club just won a case to keep the importation of polar bear trophies to the US as available by CITES permit. Do an internet search of "CITES permit" or "polar bear trophy import".
Yes, there are polar bear in AK but they have been protected in the US by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (the same as whales) since 1972.
#7
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: NW Wyoming
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RE: Polar bear hide question...
I think polar bear hunting in Russia has been banned longer than the US. The 50's I think. I suppose shrinking pack ice is spuring a hunt, and the cost has to be huge! I would bet 50k or better. Last I heard importation had been lifted.
#8
RE: Polar bear hide question...
"Hunting polar bears is already banned in the U.S. But due to a huge loophole in the Marine Mammal Protection Act, American trophy hunters can travel to Canada, kill a polar bear, and bring back polar bear trophies, wrote Young."
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/363633/polar_bear_trophy_hunting_.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/363633/polar_bear_trophy_hunting_.html
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Location: Kodiak, AK
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RE: Polar bear hide question...
ORIGINAL: elkhuntinmt_10
"Hunting polar bears is already banned in the U.S. But due to a huge loophole in the Marine Mammal Protection Act, American trophy hunters can travel to Canada, kill a polar bear, and bring back polar bear trophies, wrote Young."
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/363633/polar_bear_trophy_hunting_.html
"Hunting polar bears is already banned in the U.S. But due to a huge loophole in the Marine Mammal Protection Act, American trophy hunters can travel to Canada, kill a polar bear, and bring back polar bear trophies, wrote Young."
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/363633/polar_bear_trophy_hunting_.html
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