Hunters don’t usually leave dead deer in the woods. Methinks the writer doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
They don’t leave “organs” behind, either.
State “conservation” government agencies have been pushing copper bullets for hunting, too.
They claim it is bullets in the gut piles that are left in the woods.
But some studies seem to say that there is lead in the natural surroundings, like Yellowstone especially. But it is more convenient to blame bullets, and ban lead.
In CA, all hunting is now lead-free ammo, due to ignoring the studies of natural lead sources in order to force lead-free on hunters. Try to find some of that non-lead ammo, and add in that all CA ammo purchasers have to be background checks.
Most deer hunters use hollow point bullets anyways.
Just ask the Rittenhouse prosecutor.
They don't. It's more likely from rats/roadkill that has been poisoned with rat pesticide.
This is BS. I’ve shot over 25 deer in my life and every one of them had an exit wound. I have a lot of friends that hunt deer and occasionally they will shoot one that the round doesn’t exit but can usually be found balled up underneath the skin on the opposite side of the point of entry.
The astute reader of this story will note that it said 80% of the Bald and Golden eagles found dead between 2014 and 2018 were due to rodenticide poisoning.
“Hunters don’t usually leave dead deer in the woods. Methinks the writer doesn’t know what they’re talking about.”
Writer knows more than you do
“Hunters don’t usually leave dead deer in the woods. Methinks the writer doesn’t know what they’re talking about.”
Obviously you didn’t read the article.
There are a lot of deer that are wounded and run off and die later. But I doubt the veracity of the story.
Not only that, lead shot hasn’t been used in decades.
The article suggests the animals are getting the lead eating the gut piles left behind. I’d say that’s a real stretch.
Study by Cornell University.
Well, Cornell has ZERO credibility. They are known as agenda-driven liars and fabricators of flawed science.