If you are going to Africa

[rattus58]

American Airlines has taken the un-stated reason for position of not handling firearms anymore as checked baggage to overseas destinations via Europe or Asia. Their reservations people, though trying to be helpful, have given me erroneous information about shipping via Fedex and UPS. Hunters going to Africa for hunting are out of luck with American Airlines, which now throws a huge burden on hunters going overseas. What is sad about all this, is that it is hunters who are financing the conservation efforts over in Africa, and without these necessary dollars, many animals may have already gone beyond being threatened, to worse. Because of hunters, the Rhino, Elephant and others are more secure now because poaching has an economic impact and resources to protect these game animals from poaching and possible extinction is provided by hunters. This maneuver by American Airlines, though reasons are unstated in their policy, and they refuse to answer my emails than other by a ridiculous

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I’ve received 3 of these from American Airlines.. obviously they hope we’ll go away with questions or complaints by playing this “authentication” game.

Here is their published restricted items policy.

“Firearms Handguns, rifles, shotguns Checked baggage only, with restrictions May travel in checked baggage only, and must be declared to agent at check-in. For more information, see Transporting Firearms And Ammunition.

Effective with tickets purchased on/after September 24, 2007, American Airlines will no longer accept firearms in checked baggage to/from any European or Asian destination (except for military/government personnel with proper documentation).”

Personally I’d ask any hunter/shooter/friend of such to contact American Airlines and voice your displeasure. They don’t discriminate against any other lawful sports equipment, so why firearms… is this a political statement? Is this bowing to U.N. pressures to restrict firearms from law abiding citizens while anyone in the street can have an AK-47… abroad?

I’m not flying American Airlines again anytime soon, so I hope this letter has the desired effect on others as well.

Much Aloha,

Tom Lodge
Hawaii Hunting Association

[skeeter@ccia.com]

you can change airlines.....and you forgot to mention lots of the schools there get funding from the hunter programs....

[rattus58]

Yes you can.... As for the schools I didn't know that... thanks.

Aloha...

[skeeter@ccia.com]

They talk about the school funding on those African hunts and say that in lots of cases that is the only money they have to work with. I think also that an African hunt isn't all that expensive when putting next to say an Alaskan hunt here. Now the Alaska bear hunt is my dream hunt.
Pa archery deer starts Saturday for buck and doe. Doe has been in for special reg areas. Now to contend with that new disease that is killing the critters off by the numbers. From what I hear it is mostly in the south west corner of Pa. Green county. I also know people that own land there are very tight when giving access to hunt it. Such as the 2 farmers that joined and own over 3,000 acres and buy anything that comes up around them. I know their sister and they don't let anyone hunt it but they live in Arkansas so too many deer/mother nature taking care of that.
Another casr of 'mine, all mine' greed.

[rattus58]

Hmmm too many deer and mother nature. Mother can be a harsh mother sometimes too.. not only to the deer, but too the land as well.

Well yer hunting starts pretty quick then... bird season starts here in November and many mammal areas are closed.

Good luck...

Aloha...