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When you are not use to it they are very annoying. Fortunately the tse tse are spotty, or at least they were in the chewore.....when we were following buff you'd go a way without many flies, then hit an area where the tse tse were s thick and biting the hell out of you.
The mopane flies are annoying, but being use to northern Canada I didn't find them to be too bad. At least they don't bite.
The local boys didn't seem to mind them sitting around sucking moisture around their eyes.
By the way the FAA isn't what applies in Canada......that is the US body. In Canada it is 'Transport Canada' and the transport of ammunition is under the Canadian federal Explosives Act. Hunters in Canada jumping on a Canadian airline are faced with those regulations and Canadian interpretations, not FAA.
My biggest concern when I am transporting firearms and ammo is that I make the airlines happy so that I do not get delayed. Being 'right', but missing my flight connection is not a good trade off in my opinion.
I had US bear hunters do that very thing this year entering Canada. They were delayed due to issues with how their ammunition was packed and missed their connecting flights by the time it got straightened out. In the end they were made to pack their ammunition in another piece of checked luggage.
It was such a problem with US hunters checking in for Canadian flights that they actually had a warning being issued on the local radio station during the news broadcast informing them to pack their ammo seperately.
I'm not trying to beat this to death but it is important....the guy asking the question is Canadian. It is feasible to fly to New York on a Canadian carrier, then go on SAA/British Airways (who have their own regulations) and never even get on a US carrier.
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