And back to the US? I've done this once before and it seemed like flying into Canada I was told there was an ATF form on the backend that I needed that I didn't have. I ended up getting back ok with weapon.

I'm just trying to minimize my hassle thru customs going to Canada from US and back into US from Canada. Any advice out there?

Hi....you need to fill out a Non-Resident Firearms Declaration Form. Costs $25 and needs to be filled out in advance, but do not sign it until you present it to a Canada customs agent when entering Canada at the border if driving or as required when flying. The customs agent must witness you signing the declaration. Here is the site and instructions:

https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/non-residents#

As for going back into the US, you should have a current form 4457 that lists the firearm(s) you are taking on your hunting trip. See here:

https://www.cbp.gov/document/f...effects-taken-abroad

I don't know where or what you are going to be hunting, but if you are using an outfitter they should know all about this stuff and give you a hand in getting it sorted prior to your trip.

Skyline nailed it

Thank you guys!

Hope you have a great hunt SkyJacker.

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Originally posted by Skyline:
Hi....you need to fill out a Non-Resident Firearms Declaration Form. Costs $25 and needs to be filled out in advance, but do not sign it until you present it to a Canada customs agent when entering Canada at the border if driving or as required when flying. The customs agent must witness you signing the declaration. Here is the site and instructions:

https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/non-residents#

As for going back into the US, you should have a current form 4457 that lists the firearm(s) you are taking on your hunting trip. See here:

https://www.cbp.gov/document/f...effects-taken-abroad

I don't know where or what you are going to be hunting, but if you are using an outfitter they should know all about this stuff and give you a hand in getting it sorted prior to your trip.

This is all of the information that you need.

I just got back last week from a moose hunt in Alberta. I drove there from my home in Montana so I could bring the meat home.

Prior to going, I downloaded the Canadian Non-Resident Firearms Declaration form and filled it out. My downloaded form didn't print a few of the lines at the bottom of the form, so I had to fill out another form at the border. Going in to Canada, the Canadian customs agent went out to my car and verified the serial number of my rifle.

DO NOT try to bring a pistol into Canada!

I also got a new US Customs form 4457 and had it stamped here at home before I went.

Coming home, there was a long wait at US Customs, and when it was finally my turn, the Customs agent only wanted to see my Canadian hunting license (which he made a copy of) and had me fill out a form about where and what I hunted, and approximately how much meat I brought home.

He didn't look at the meat or the skull (my outfitter told me to power wash out the skull to completely remove any brain matter before I got to the border.

The US Customs agent did not check my 4457 form or look at my rifle. That was a first for any other trip where I took a firearm out and back into the US.

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DO NOT try to bring a pistol into Canada!

Border guys have no sense of humor about that. Saw where an American trying to get to that part of Washington, you can only access by land through Canada. Not a hand gun, but just a spring assisted knife, got him a ban on entering Canada for a couple of years.

Grizz

My guess is it depends on the crossing you are going through. My daughter and I went grouse hunting in Ontario in October and drove up through the border crossing between Duluth and Thunder Bay. We had our dogs with us as well as our guns. We had a U.S. Customs form 4457 and the Canadian temporary import permit for our shotguns. No one even looked at the guns, we just declared them to Canadian customs who made sure the Canadian form was properly filled out and that we paid the $25 per person fee. It took all of about 15 minutes including waiting our turn in line. No questions on either side of the border about the dogs. The U.S. Customs agent asked a couple of routine questions, looked at our passports and could not have been friendlier. Coming back took all of about three minutes at U.S. Customs.