Packing game birds for flight back home
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Packing game birds for flight back home
How do you handle the packaging of game birds for a flight home? I'm flying for the first time on a bird hunt. I expect (hope) to take home 7 ducks and 9 upland birds.
I have to board a plane back home. How do you go about doing that? Carry on cooler, checked in with dry ice, ship separate and retrieve back home...?? Thanks all!
I have to board a plane back home. How do you go about doing that? Carry on cooler, checked in with dry ice, ship separate and retrieve back home...?? Thanks all!
#2
Where are you going to hunt, in country or out of the country? Out of the country may present a different challenge. Your best bet is to call the airlines you are using and ask what you have to do. If you can freeze your game and then put dry ice in your cooler they will stay frozen for quite a while but it may be cost prohibitive, if you even may put dry ice on a plane, Call the airline and let us know what they say.
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
Whichever way you find the birds will get there in good shape and for an economical price. Call the airlines you're flying with, the USPS, UPS, and FedEx and go with the best rate for a decent delivery time to find out the best way according to your specific circumstances. It won't take a very big cooler/box to ship them home and the weight should be minimal compared to a big game animal. PS: Most airlines allow dry ice, but it is under FAA requirements as far as how and quantity. If they are already frozen and in a good container you may well not even need it if your flight time isn't that long from departure to arrival and depending on what time of the year, etc.
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 06-04-2015 at 12:06 PM. Reason: Spelling
#5
Within the US, UPS is the best bet. Red tape as well as extra "baggage" costs with most airlines has become just a serious pain in the a$$. So much so I just take the RV anymore. As long as you seal the container air tight up real well, dry ice lasts a long time. Next day air UPS for that small amount of birds shouldn't be that costly.
#7
Yep, then your flight gets delayed or lose your luggage and you have a real mess on your hands. I have sat around airports waiting to take off too many times to stick perishables in my luggage. If I careed about my game meat to take it home with me, I would make sure it gets there in good condition. Going on the cheap will make you weep, many times.
Last edited by Oldtimr; 06-05-2015 at 09:31 AM.
#8
Yep, then your flight gets delayed or lose your luggage and you have a real mess on your hands. I have sat around airports waiting to take off too many times to stick perishables in my luggage. If I careed about my game meat to take it home with me, I would make sure it gets there in good condition. Going on the cheap will make you weep, many times.