Speaking of lead my 40 year old Sherridan 5MM pellet gun died so I bought a new one for 3 times the price of the original. I will use it to discipline those critters I trap in the garden. I am going to rebuild the old one when I find a source for parts...
Went outside in the dark this morning, turned the light on, there was a coon twisting around in an oak right in front of me. I have nothing it wants (yet), maybe it was after a birds nest.
Not ready to open fire, I bitched at him and he went away. He was in beautiful, healthy shape. I used to have a very small soft spot for coons until a couple almost killed an infant a few weeks ago trying to eat it.