Your favorite factory deer loads

[Telemark]

Hornady Lerverevolution is what I use in the .45-70 for deer in Ohio. It kicks butt and shoots well.

 

[sandbur]

How soon until we will be required to use anything but lead? It was brought up by the Public Health Department at one meeting of the Minnerath Deer Planning Team and voted down at present.


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[Bowsnbucks]

As far as the environmental impact of a lead deer slug on the landscape, I can't believe it's anywhere near the negatives of the air pollution put out by millions of big rigs, cars and coal-fired power plants ( without stack scrubbing equipment ). I can see the likelihood of ducks, geese, pheasants, grouse and other birds picking up lead shot as they pick grit for aiding their digestion. One shotgun blast puts out dozens of shot X how many millions of shots nationwide. I saw the truckloads of lead shot hauled out of a local trap-shooting range when they had an excavation to re-coup the lead shot from the range. Astounding amount of lead. One deer slug here and there (if a pass-through) in the woods is minute in comparison.

 

[sandbur]

As far as the environmental impact of a lead deer slug on the landscape, I can't believe it's anywhere near the negatives of the air pollution put out by millions of big rigs, cars and coal-fired power plants ( without stack scrubbing equipment ). I can see the likelihood of ducks, geese, pheasants, grouse and other birds picking up lead shot as they pick grit for aiding their digestion. One shotgun blast puts out dozens of shot X how many millions of shots nationwide. I saw the truckloads of lead shot hauled out of a local trap-shooting range when they had an excavation to re-coup the lead shot from the range. Astounding amount of lead. One deer slug here and there (if a pass-through) in the woods is minute in comparison.

The presentation had concerns about crows, ravens, and eagles on the gut pile. There were also concerns about people.


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[chickenlittle]

The PA game commission has been concerned about lead poisoning in eagles.