Shipping horns and hides?

[Finn fan]

Can some one give me a good ballpark cost of shipping for something like 5 sets of horns and hides from Africa to the US?

 

[lcq]

Can some one give me a good ballpark cost of shipping for something like 5 sets of horns and hides from Africa to the US?

too broad a question. I would crudely calculate the size and weight of a plywood crate big enough to hold your expected trophies and email a shipper for a quote. Some shippers are truly outrageous, others just plain expensive. Nothing is going to be cheap.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

There are a combination of fix or flat fees and then some variable fees (weight & volume). So shipping 5 animals is not half the price of shipping 10 animals. Where in Africa vs where in the US?

I shipped 3 sets of horns and hides (Blue Wild., Waterbuck, Impala) from Zimbabwe to Seattle for about $1,000. That is for crating and shipping. Then I paid another $379 for Coppersmith to clear it in Seattle and organize and handle shipping to the tannery in Montana. Shipping from Seattle to Montana was $185.

 

[buck wild]

$600-$1,000 ballpark of course

 

[JimP]

Don't forget the dip and pack that is required or the tanning of the hides in Africa plus the crating fee which is usually 15% of the dip and pack. Then the shipping is on top of that and as was mentioned the clearing fees unless you plan on trying to do that yourself.