Re:Lead contamination in hunted meat
by djrogers on Thursday December 09, 2021 @04:54PM
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You only use one round to harvest an animal, but that round can be preceded by tens or hundreds of rounds at the range, much of which should be with the same load and bullet.
It's not just cost - steel and copper bullets expand less, so animals harvested with them can be wounded for longer periods before dying, which many hunters see as unethical.
Re:Lead contamination in hunted meat
by voakbasda on Thursday December 09, 2021 @06:07PM
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It is also worth noting that gun ranges periodically reclaim the lead by digging up their backdrops and recycling all of the spent bullets. The lead will not stay there forever.
It's not just cost - steel and copper bullets expand less, so animals harvested with them can be wounded for longer periods before dying, which many hunters see as unethical.