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Non-Lead Ammunition Pitched as Win for Wildlife and Hunters

Original: Non-Lead Ammunition: Good For Wildlife, Good for Hunters

Hunting industry coverage is promoting non-lead ammunition as beneficial both for wildlife and for hunters themselves. Lead ammunition has long been linked to lead poisoning in scavenging birds such as eagles and condors when they feed on gut piles or unrecovered game. The article argues copper and other alternatives perform well enough that hunters can switch without losing effectiveness.

Why now: Ongoing debate over lead exposure in game meat and its effects on wildlife keeps the switch to non-lead ammunition in discussion among hunters and conservationists.

hunterswildlifenon-lead ammunitionOutdoor Wire

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