A closer look

If you thought paying a fifty-dollar fee for a slightly overweight suitcase was annoying, wait until you see the guy behind you checking a decapitated moose. In North America, major carriers like Delta and Alaska Airlines have incredibly specific baggage policies catering to big-game hunters. As long as the skull is completely clean of rotting meat and the massive, jagged antlers are wrapped in duct tape or a heavy plastic bag to prevent impaling the baggage handlers, it gets tossed right into the cargo hold with your Samsonite.