Thread: Press release from Southland Fish and Game re sub gauge lead

Disclaimer!
I don't hunt birds or even use a shotgun much these days.

Is there any real hard scientific evidence that lead shot in the waterways when/if ingested by birds causes serious harm?
How does this harm if any compare to the ingestion of rusting steel?
And how does a lead pellet in living flesh compare with a lead pellet.?

As a non bird shooter and very very occasional shotgun user even i am aware that these days shot gun ammo is available that is non toxic and ballisticly superior to lead but it is very expensive. No doubt the keenest waterfoul hunters would use this ammo almost regardless of price if it patterned to there liking to have any advantage they can.

But what about the majority ?

I am interested mainly because we as hunters are becoming the easily overlooked minority in this country whatever your quarry .

The best thing we all can do as hunters for our sports recreation and animals is get more people involved.

Once again I don't hunt birds but from the outside looking in it looks like F&G are determined to turn the sport into a old boys club where only the rich can shoot on private land.
That's a pretty extreme view of course but that's the way that from the outside it appears to be heading.

And bird hunting is not alone here.

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