AA was great to me on my last flight with firearms (2).
However, if you're gonna ship 50 lbs of ammo in a checked bag, you better make sure you got either free baggage or $75 to donate if bag weight exceeds 50. That's coming and going.
There's NFW one can take the gear to hunt and fish in a 50-lb checked bag unless you're gonna do both with a stickbow.
On the other hand, it is possible to get a full sized carbon-fiber tripod, head, 15x binocular, 8x binocular, rangefinder, set of radios, camera, phone, radio chargers, headlamp, spare batteries, spare tripod plate, holster (this should be empty
)and rain jacket in a carry-on!
