Spear gun to Thailand- help please

[AerialAngie]

Hi all I was wondering if you could help please. My partner is travelling to Thailand and would like to bring his 2 spear guns along.

However, we are a bit confused by airline regulations—Etihad Airways informed us that we need “approval” from the destination country to transport the spear gun.

Would you happen to know what this approval entails or where I might need to apply for it in Thailand?

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Scott Valentine]

Hi all I was wondering if you could help please. My partner is travelling to Thailand and would like to bring his 2 spear guns along.

However, we are a bit confused by airline regulations—Etihad Airways informed us that we need “approval” from the destination country to transport the spear gun.

Would you happen to know what this approval entails or where I might need to apply for it in Thailand?

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

I don't know about the approval process, because I never get it, and I carry my speargun to Thailand every time I go there, most recently in March of this year

I carry a small dual band gun and I travel all over Asia and I once had a gun confiscated, it was a pneumatic, so since then I've been very careful

I take the headpiece off the tube and I take the trigger assembly out of the handle take the tip off the spare and carry everything in separate little pouches

So should they ever look at it and ask, which they never have, I would simply say this is simply an empty tube, and this is simply a rod with no tip, and these are simply rubber bands for exercising

 

[popgun pete]

How in the world do I go spearfishing in Thailand?

As a keen spearo, I've wanted to try spearfishing in Thailand for a long time. Despite what many people think (or perhaps may wish), spearfishing is not, in fact, illegal in Thailand.

maxspearfishing.com

 

[eatmorelionfish]

I don't know about the approval process, because I never get it, and I carry my speargun to Thailand every time I go there, most recently in March of this year

I carry a small dual band gun and I travel all over Asia and I once had a gun confiscated, it was a pneumatic, so since then I've been very careful

I take the headpiece off the tube and I take the trigger assembly out of the handle take the tip off the spare and carry everything in separate little pouches

So should they ever look at it and ask, which they never have, I would simply say this is simply an empty tube, and this is simply a rod with no tip, and these are simply rubber bands for exercising

I second this method to disassemble everything. I’m too lazy to take the muzzle off tbh. They’re most concerned about a gun-looking handle, trigger and the spear from my experience. Obscuring that is key to avoiding questions. Just say it’s fishing or scuba diving equipment if they ever ask what’s in the bag. Never mention the words “spear” or “gun” or “hunting” and discourage those terms if they ever begin to question the equipment as such—“its underwater fishing equipment!”