Trophy Expediting and Shipping

Getting Your Trophies Home to the USA 

Crating trophies

Shipping your trophies home is an easy and streamlined process. 

Budget on:

  • $250 per trophy (processing and prep for shoulder cape & skull cap OR European whole skull boiled and bleached)
  • $100 per shipment for export documents/ admin
  • $250-$500 custom built ply wood crate 
  • Approx $1,000 - $1,800 freight to US fish and wildlife port of entry in the US. Cost varies on size, this is indicative cost for 1 or 2 Stags and other small trophies e.g. Fallow, Rusa, Tahr, Chamois, Ram, Goat. 
  • Approx $300 - $500 for your Customs Broker to clear the shipment through US customs at port of entry and forward on to you/ your taxidermist. 
  • Additional costs: 
  • extra $100 if you want both a European whole skull boiled / bleached and the shoulder cape salted/dried  
  • extra $150 for full body capes salted / dried
  • Velvet curing *from $300 (depending on size) and add extra time allowance as this is done thru a taxidermist 

What to bring:

  • Your clearance agent/broker name, address, phone, email
  • If you don't have a broker, you can get set up with Coppersmith Global logistics before or during the hunt: https://www.huntingtrophy.com/

Timeframe: 

  • Allow up to 6 months for your trophies to get back to the US. Due to Airline wildlife embargo's the only Airline offering trophy shipping is Air New Zealand and there is considerable backlog. It can take up to 3 months for us to fully process and prep your trophies and get them crated and shipped. Then it is up to the broker & logistics shipping agent to get everything lined up and booked in which can sometimes take up to 3 months.

Crating trophies