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Thats what I had to do back in Nov 1986. I used to go hunting up to the Nictau,Tobique river area of New Brunswick. We would enter at the Houlton Maine–Woodstock Border Crossing. Back then we only needed to fill out the US Customs proof of ownership paperwork for firearms. I don't recall any special paperwork for the Canadian customs just declare your firearms with the US Customs proof of ownership paperwork for firearms. Back then it was reasonable compared today. I think both US Customs and Canadian customs were more concerned and interested with all the cases of beer we were bringing into Canada than our hunting firearms. luckily, we didn't have to pay for any import taxes for the beer. Going thru my old hunting paperwork I found my original papers.US customs has a form you can use to prove in-US ownership of anything before you leave - I don't think they even keep a record of it. When I did it with handguns, it was a form on a pad about the side of an Rx pad (before that went almost all digital) that the traveler would fill out and customs would rubber stamp. I was never asked to show this when returning to the US, but that is probably because I had the form. The form is not just for guns, but for things likely to be brought to avoid duty - Japanese cameras, Exotic watches, etc.
Shotguns are fine. When I was planning a trip to middle of nowhere Quebec, I was gonna use the reason of "Wilderness protection". Check out this guy's videoTried a search but didn't come up with anything. Planning a drive to Alaska, wondering if anyone has any recent (since 10/2022) crossing with a firearm. Looks like just about everything is illegal, but there are some exceptions for just crossing through Canada and some shotgun exceptions. The rules are written worse than MA laws and if you happen to get it wrong and try to cross with an illegal firearm they get to confiscate it and keep it, even if you did the paperwork.
I know I can ship to a dealer in AK, but was hoping to have something with me on the drive.
Nice. Yea, they have gone a lot more woke, just in the last year even.Thats what I had to do back in Nov 1986. I used to go hunting up to the Nictau,Tobique river area of New Brunswick. We would enter at the Houlton Maine–Woodstock Border Crossing. Back then we only needed to fill out the US Customs proof of ownership paperwork for firearms. I don't recall any special paperwork for the Canadian customs just declare your firearms with the US Customs proof of ownership paperwork for firearms. Back then it was reasonable compared today. I think both US Customs and Canadian customs were more concerned and interested with all the cases of beer we were bringing into Canada than our hunting firearms. luckily, we didn't have to pay for any import taxes for the beer. Going thru my old hunting paperwork I found my original papers.
Long story short. Shotguns are okay. Pump or auto loading, tube fed, over 18" barrel.Nice. Yea, they have gone a lot more woke, just in the last year even.