[B4Ranch]

It is great to hear that the ND state budget is so flush with extra funds that they can do these ‘what if’ studies with YOUR money.

[Smokin' Joe]

On Tuesday, an Idaho raptor group working to eliminate lead from ammunitions released a study that shows 80 percent of ground venison from deer killed with high-velocity lead bullets contains metal fragments. The Peregrine Fund says the study is further evidence people who eat meat from game animals shot with lead bullets risk exposure to the toxic metal.

Here it is. A birdwatching group will be looking to ban lead bullets on the assumption that tiny fragments of lead in the meat will be bad for all the things that eat the meat.

(Anti-hunting at its finest).

How they arrived at the 80% figure is beyond me... unless it is a really wild eyed 'one fragment per ton sort' of thing. The ideal hunting round penetrates and transfers energy, but usually remains fairly intact. The best shots keep the bullet out of the best meat.

My bet is the State will conduct the study, because without solid evidence to refute the allegations, they cannot.

I would wager this cost the anti-hunters at least a long night and a bag of their best weed to come up with the whole angle.