LAST EDITED ON Apr-23-09 AT 10:45AM (MST)[p]Both last year and the one before, they charged my friends from Texas $150.00 for a 6-point rack from Idaho Falls to Houston. That way you get them with the rest of your luggage and guns. The skull plate must be covered, the tines covered (I use short pieces of garden hose and tape on), and they would like a wooden rod attached between the beams so they don't break.
We checked with the UPS Store and to build an over-sized cardboard box, pad the points, and send to Houston came out $190. It wasn't worth the extra hassle.
When we mount a bull and send to them, we make the antlers removable with square steel stock, and the crate is the size of the form. Shipping that way still runs from $350-450.