flying to SA through Newark

[trozy55]

Has anyone flow the Newark w/ a bow lately. I have a trip coming up and want to know what it will be like coming back and going through customs. I have heard it can be hit or miss. What's the process like coming back traveling w/ a bow in a large SKB bow case. Will I have to go through customs and have the case checked, if so any clue how long it will take or what I will need to do, Thanks.

[buck_wild]

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[curtintex]

I've flown thru Newark several times returning from Canada with my bow. Never had any issues at all. They treat it no different than golf clubs or snow skis. Now, telling a young black TSA lady that you have a bear in a cooler is an altogether different story.

[Tony Pic]

I fly to and from Newark often with guns back and forth to San Antonio. Never an issue. But what I do is when I check my big case, I have big zip ties around the case. So no matter how the baggage handlers handle my gun/bow case. It will not open. Safe travels and hunt safe.

[Mudslinger]

Flew DFW to Newark to J'Oberg in Sept but with a Terra Glide bowcase and was ask once it it was a gun case. I said NO and that is the only time I was asked what it was or had to open it. It is black and does not look like a gun or rifle case.

Not much help.

[White Falcon]

Make sure you have insurance on your bow!!! Just saying.

[Redfeathers]

I've flown thru Newark several times returning from Canada with my bow. Never had any issues at all. They treat it no different than golf clubs or snow skis. Now, telling a young black TSA lady that you have a bear in a cooler is an altogether different story.

Funny **** right there