I know you cannot currently import ivory from Mo. What happens to the ivory US hunter are taking every year now?
If your hunting company is keeping it for you in Mo. Can you import it in the future if the US ever allows it?
If you cannot what happens to the ivory?

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Originally posted by jeff h:
I know you cannot currently import ivory from Mo. What happens to the ivory US hunter are taking every year now?
If your hunting company is keeping it for you in Mo. Can you import it in the future if the US ever allows it?
If you cannot what happens to the ivory?

Despite the media BS, ivory doesn't have any value because it's highly illegal to trade it and consequently most give it to their PH as a gift. Some may donate it to the game dept in the hope they might be able to sell it in a one off auction at some time in the future and some leave it with the PH or outfitter in the hope they may be able to import it into the US at a later date.

Gazing into my crystal ball, I'd say that even if USF&WS ever do allow Moz imports, it's highly unlikely they'd allow any new rules to be retroactive.

jeff h

I'll keep it for you. (In fact, there are a few here already!)

Seriously, the ele's are being hunted by anyone but US citizens at the moment as no one else in the world has the USF&W to deal with on this issue.

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Originally posted by Bahati:
as no one else in the world has the USF&W to deal with on this issue.

Except for Australia. Our Government is so hopeless that we can't import any Ivory from anywhere.

My Mozambique ivory is still travelling around on the Elephant.

I particularly covet Moz ivory because of the very long thin shape of the tusks, but I've not shot a tusker there because of the USF&WS rules banning import.

One day they'll change their minds and, if I'm still able, I'll take a nice Moz Elephant -- until then I'll hunt Elephant elsewhere and concentrate Mozambique hunting on the many other species of game available there in copious quantities.