Golden eagles are one of the largest raptors in North America, and their numbers are declining due to an unlikely poison: lead ammunition left behind by game hunters. Eagles scavenge on animal remains contaminated by lead bullets, so conservationists are proposing a radical solution: getting hunters to go lead-free.
Raising awareness of the unintended consequences of lead ammunition on scavenger wildlife.
Shepard Humphries chats with Bryan Bedrosian of Sporting Lead-Free.
Watch an overview of the issue of lead in our sporting activities and why Sporting Lead-Free was created!
Follow Sporting Lead-Free as we test the difference in fragmentation, penetration, and wound channel creation between lead and lead-free bullets.
Get an in-depth look at how bullets shot into ballistics gels look under and x-ray and what this means for the game meat we bring home.
Hunters have been debating whether copper or lead bullets are better for years.
Much has been said and written about lead bullets versus non-lead bullets.
Today we take a look at a simple but effective demonstration on how each of those bullets works and why using non-lead bullets helps conserve and protect wildlife.
There's nothing magical about copper or lead core bullets. Just metallurgy and physics. Here we present an in-depth, inside look at bullets of all types and how they work.
Firearms expert Andrew Venables has a guilty secret (innocent secret?). He prefers copper bullets to lead bullets. In this film, he puts copper bullets through their paces on a range, showing how they win on both accuracy and fillability.
In this film, Andrew Venables from WMS Firearms Training http://www.wmsfirearmstraining.comand Tim Pilbeam conduct the most comprehensive test of copper bullets they can, with as many rounds as they can lay their hands on, from manufacturers including Hornady, Lapua and RWS. Plus Jason Doyle shows how to give boots the test they need before you commit to buying them. We have gun horror stories from gunshop owner Marcus SImpson of SImpson Brothers in Cambridgeshire and Staffordshire gunshop owner Paul Hodson of Target Sports UK reveals which clay gun you can buy for under £500.
This was a really fun day. We got to go out and shoot things in the name of science. We learned a lot and I hope you will too.
Through the use of non-lead ammunition hunters are continuing their tradition of conservation.
Hunting provides a great source of food for scavenging wildlife, but when remains left in the field contain lead fragments there can be unintended consequences.
The use of hunting and non-lead ammunition has been a tremendous tool for land managers.
Hunters have a long tradition of conservation to ensure there are healthy wildlife populations for the enjoyment of future generations.
The legacy of hunting ensures there are healthy wildlife populations for the enjoyment of future generations.
Giving free copper bullets to big game begins the process of trying to eliminate bullet-related lead poisoning of the region's carnivores, raptors and, potentially, hunters and their families.