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REMINGTON - Copper Ammunition vs Lead
Hunters across America are increasingly choosing copper ammo for their firearms. If you’re considering hunting with copper rifle ammunition vs your go-to lead bullets, you might be asking, what’s the difference between hunting with copper vs lead ammo?
THE FILLMORE GAZETTE - Feeding the Birds and Making Sense of Non- Lead Ammunition
Making the switch to non-lead provides a clean source of food for condors and other scavenging raptors that frequent the area.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION - Gut Piles and Ground Meat
Debunking Copper vs. Lead with Sporting Lead-Free
GEAR JUNKIE - Eagle Poisoned to Death: A Hunter’s Call for Unleaded Ammo
Lead-based ammunition leaves behind residues in carcasses that are toxic to golden eagles and other species. Hunters can make a difference by choosing non-lead alternatives.
RAVALLI REPUBLIC - From the Teller: Golden Eagles are impressive predators
Working on a wildlife refuge often provides a glimpse of how unforgiving nature is when it comes to predator-prey relationships.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NEWS - Exempt from inspection: States ignore lead-contaminated meat in food banks
Hunter-donated meat provides crucial protein to US food banks. But an EHN investigation found a lack of oversight that could result in potentially hundreds of thousands of lead-contaminated meals this year.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NEWS - Lead in hunted meat: Who’s telling hunters and their families?
Despite the mounting concerns over lead exposure from wild game, lead ammunition use continues as hunters and their families remain unaware or deeply mistrustful of the dangers.
PROJECT UPLAND - The Science Behind Lead Shot and the Effects on Upland Birds
If the topic of climate change affects people’s blood pressure, you can bet that the discussion of lead shot will do it, too.
MOUNTAIN JOURNAL - It's Time To Get The Lead Out Of Hunting Ammo
Eliminating lead bullets isn't anti-hunting, conservationists say; it's being pro-human and wildlife health.