Thread: Lead Contamination In Game Meat

Originally Posted by 6.5 CRD

I found much the same. all the articles i could find seemed very biased toward the "lead is bad" argument and the xrays with lead strewn through the whole carcass just didnt stack up with what i have seen butchering many deer over the years. Hence the idea to run this experiment and see for ourselves with the practises and projectiles we use.

no apologys about the 6.5 crudmore joke - but seriously in the xray what is one actually looking at - is it lead or bullet jacket fragments which will be copper ? Nikel ? -dont think I have ever seen lead fragments rather pieces of the projectiles outer case - the lead core I have found intact but mushroomed - anyway I seldom bother with shoulder shot deer rather just take backsteaks and hind quarters -only take shoulders if I head shoot a really tasty looking model - sharp knife and very prudent removal of anything that looks remotely shot up way to go - goes of quick anyway