""Hooked"" wrote in message
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"riverman" wrote in message
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Yeah, me too! I've already been hoarding lots of feathers for that.
African Grey tail feathers (actually, available in many fly shops, but I
find them on the ground), some wonderful fluorescent blue feathers from a
tiny local bird, some iridescent white wing feathers from a local
blackbird thing, and some hair from all sorts of critters (wildebeests,
kudu, bushbuck, wild boar, zebra, giraffe, elephant tail, etc)

--riverman


If you leave the Congo, how many of those materials you mentioned would
suddenly become illegal exotics if you enter another country??????


That certainly depends on what country I go into, but for many countries, I
believe that I can bring in almost anything as long as I
a) declare it at the border
b) prove that I obtained it legally in whatever country I got it
c) leave that country with it when I go.

For example, I have heard that you can have certain banned items, such as
Ivory and eagle feathers, in the US if you prove you obtained them legally
in other countries, and do not sell them.

That being said, I just won't declare them. I have so many trinkets that are
illegal in so many different places that my tying kit is a drop in the
bucket. Hell, my portable walkie-talkie is illegal HERE.

--riverman