[MerlinB]

Last summer I traveled to the Canadian Maritime provinces with a caravan group. One of the couples had a shotgun and they had the required Canadian paperwork to cross the border with it. However, when they attempted to pass through Customs they were not allowed to bring the shotgun because it was not "hunting season." They had to go back to the last town before the border and they were able to find a hardware store that was willing to store it for them until we returned. So, having the permit is not always the complete answer.