Posted By: Gone to Texas
Lead and Non-Lead Hunting Bullets - 07/11/14 04:19 PM
Howdy,
I am relatively new to hunting, only been doing it for 2 years. I have been reading about the debate over using lead bullets and saw how California has made it illegal for hunting use. Other states are talking about lead bullets too. My original thought was this is just a bunch of hippie, tree huger crap and those nanny states can use all the non lead bullets they want.
However, I recently watched a short video about lead ammo vs non-lead and it got me thinking. I did not know about the potential impacts it could have on other wildlife. The price of the non-lead ammo is high, but if I could prevent an animal from being poisoned I wouldn't care about the price. Also, people could be ingesting lead fragments which can't be good. The performance of non-lead ammo looks positive and other than the price it seems easy enough to switch.
Anyway, is this a bunch of Al Gore type crap or do y'all think lead actually poses a threat to us and other animals?
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I am relatively new to hunting, only been doing it for 2 years. I have been reading about the debate over using lead bullets and saw how California has made it illegal for hunting use. Other states are talking about lead bullets too. My original thought was this is just a bunch of hippie, tree huger crap and those nanny states can use all the non lead bullets they want.
However, I recently watched a short video about lead ammo vs non-lead and it got me thinking. I did not know about the potential impacts it could have on other wildlife. The price of the non-lead ammo is high, but if I could prevent an animal from being poisoned I wouldn't care about the price. Also, people could be ingesting lead fragments which can't be good. The performance of non-lead ammo looks positive and other than the price it seems easy enough to switch.
Anyway, is this a bunch of Al Gore type crap or do y'all think lead actually poses a threat to us and other animals?
Video Link