It should only be a $75 fee, according to ATA. Frontier Airlines told me they waive the fees for hunting equipment, so long as it is kept under the weight limit....they dont pay attention to baggage dimensions. Good thing, because my case is 81 linear inches and 33 lbs empty.[&:] But i could run over it with my truck going 60 and not even move my sights.

All I have to pay for my trip to SD is the $25 extra baggage fee for my bowcase being a 2nd bag.

Delta is a ripoff anyway. Their ticket prices for my trip were more than double what frontier charged me. Fly Southwest whenever possible, cheapest and great reward program.

My brother and I paid for a day of hunting in Africa while our bows were sitting in New York. The outfitter was kind enough to only charge us 1/2 the daily fee for that day. I'm really not sure how the bows never made it, we had a 14 hour layover and our other luggage made it fine.

Been going the UPS route since and have had no problems.

I took a hunting trip right after 9/11and did the UPS thing with my bow and arrow case. Got there as scheduled and there wasn't any damage. The airlines didn't have a surcharge then; I just didn't care to go through all the security hassle. I did it againon a spring hunt but had issues with the shotgun shell going through UPS. I endedhaving my buddy buy me a new boxbefore I arrived at camp and issue was solved.

Sending it through UPS or Fed Ex to ship your bow/gun/arrows is the way to go

I've flown several times and never ran into that, but I can't say it surprises me.

I'm sure it will be happening more often and with more Airlines than ever before.

It's one reason I prefer to drive, but that's just me. If I drive I can take a Truck load of goodies,and yeah I know it's not always feasible for everybody to drive.

Dan

I always ship most of my clothes and bow via UPS...cheaper these days and the tracking gives me the extra confidence to not worry about the airline losing it. It cost me around $100 to ship to and from Kansas every year.