Tips for crossing the border
Going to Montana for a trap clinic in June.
Is there times of the day I should be aiming for to cross the border? I assume I'll cross at Coutts. Does it get busy enough to even worry about that? I'd rather spend an extra hour fishing somewhere if I could avoid a possible delay at the border. And I do have my form 6nia, and an invite from the host club. |
Go at night after dark, there is nobody there…:sHa_sarcasticlol:
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AFAIK tipping border agents is frowned upon…….:sHa_sarcasticlol:
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Are you pulling a trailer or hoteling it ? We had Kojak's big brother really give us a going over because we didn't have hotel reservations. We crossed mid-morning, so had no plans, we were truly winging it. Had Kojak the larger frothing at the mouth.
With you having an event and a specific destination, should be fine. Good luck! |
I'm tenting at the gun club, hopefully that doesn't cause grief.
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They used to ask you important stuff and then small talk about other stuff and then ask you the first questions again to see if you say the same answers. |
And if the border agent asks you if you have guns, drugs or cigarettes- just smile and ask What do you need brother? :scared0018:
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We crossed a few weeks ago. The US border agent asked a bunch of generic questions about where we were going and for how long, etc., and then this, "Do you have any guns or ammo?" I smiled and answered, "Yes, all locked up at home just like the law in Canada requires." :bad_boys_20:
He just chuckled and said, "Have a nice vacation." |
I cross into Montana every couple months for business trips. Depending on where I have to go it is either Roosville, Del Bonita, Coutts, or Wildhorse. There is one guy at Wildhorse who is extremely "professional" and does not seem to like people coming to the US. I prefer the smaller crossings, it seems as though Coutts is used as a training facility so you never know who you are going to get or how thorough they want to be. I have not had any issues with volume but I usually cross by 10 am. If you have recently bought any vehicle parts like tires make sure you have a copy of receipts to prove you got them in Canada, this will help when coming back home. I seem to have more questions / delays coming home than going down. I have no criminal record what so ever so not sure why. Sometimes it seems the Canadian border people are offended that you left the country :) If your paperwork is correct there should be no issues.
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Never know what you will get as far as line ups or delays at Coutts. At least the US Customs are fairly decent people. Unlike coming back where its a battle at times to get in your own country....without a firearm. The woman i got this spring looked like a rottwieler with lipstick on.
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Enjoy the trip and the clinic, who's running it |
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Anyone remember the days when you were crossing the border coming back into Canada, and the Canadian Border Guard would say “Welcome Home!” ?
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Every time since it has varied from professionally discourteous to blatantly obnoxious drivel. |
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Slight derail, but we were crossing years ago. Guy in front of us with Montana plates didn't wait for the red light to turn green, just drove right up.
Whoeeee, then argued with Kojak for 5 minutes, pinned it, and drove home. We were doing everything by the book, but that shaved head was as red as any skin I've seen. He booted the running board on my truck so hard, it shook the car behind us.:) If I coulda caught the Montana guy, Hunny was gonna flip him.... |
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1. You ignored a traffic control signal, if you blatantly blew past a red light in front of a cop, in the city, you'd probably at least get a ticket. 2. You left your identification in a place where it was inaccessible, despite knowing you were going to cross an international border. Do you stash you passport in your checked luggage, when you fly internationally? 3. You exited the vehicle, when not directed to. Does that sound like a good idea when you've been pulled over by a cop? What makes it suddenly okay at an international border crossing? |
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Common sense should be common with border tax collectors but maybe some are like a dog that's been tied up and ignored in someone's backyard for to long. Dog is half nuts and goes off on anybody who steps into his territory |
Years ago I was crossing into Montana with a load of lumber. This was with a big truck. Anyway border guy is crawling up side of load looking for I guess something maybe stuck in between the lifts of lumber or something. Anyway border guy was probably about 60 years old and really should have been using a ladder. He got almost to top of load and then realized he stuck because didn't have strength to get on top of load but was scared to come back down way he went up.
I was young so I climbed up on top and offered him my hand to pull him up. Paranoid idiot would not take my hand. What did he think I was going to do? Try to kill him? I had to climb down and run about 150 yards to get another officer to go back and crawl up on the load and do the same thing I was doing. What kind of training do these guys get? Its not like Mexican border and this was years ago when there really wasn't much of a border between us and united states |
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Back then on Canadian side nobody was armed. That's like the militarism of our police. Even fish cops pack m16 and trench gun or riot shotgun in their trucks now. I think the more armor these guys pack it changes the way they interact with the very people they are supposedly serving. |
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