Ok, in regards to the process of shipping my trophy home after the hunt, what's a consolidation?

Ok, what's a consolidation?

When an agent tenders many different shippers freight as one shipment to the airline they do so on what is called a Master Bill of Lading. Each individual's shipment is moved on what is called a House Bill of Lading. The air carrier is supposed to move these consolidations as booked and this is done in a perfect world. However, carriers determine the load capabilities for each flight on the tarmac. Affecting the capacity is passenger load; live animals, temperature, fuel constraints; perishables and mail, all of which take precedence over freight. Therefore MAWB's are often broken down from the originally tendered number of packages.

The carrier will move the remaining freight on various flights to destination until all of it is received at the port of destination. Every hunter must now be packed in his or her own carton/box/crate for CBP/AMS reporting purposes. There needs to be one single Importer of Record due to ACS system limitations, which only allow for the submission of a single ultimate consignee per each piece count.