[3RIVRS]

Isn’t lead ammo for hunting already outlawed in nearly all states?

[gundog]

That’s lead shot for hunting waterfowl. Bullets containing lead are still good to go in all 57 States, I believe.

[Auntie Dem]

Lead buckshot for bird hunting is banned, but not other types of bullets. I used to do stained glass with lead came. My hands would be black from handling it. Still kicking, so I think lead poisoning is mostly BS. Also played with mercury as a kid. Still have above average IQ (disputed by ex-wife—and current one)

[Tijeras_Slim]

Only for waterfowl hunting. And possibly in some uber liberal states.

[fightin kentuckian]

“Isn’t lead ammo for hunting already outlawed in nearly all states?”

Nope, all of my ammo is lead, or lead with copper jacket. A couple of state might have regulations like that but I’m not aware. Besides, this article/research is a load bunk.

[packagingguy]

For shotgun shells. Geese, ducks and swans would swallow shotgun pellets when they ate from the water.

[OldGoatCPO]

No and it is not an issue, a few deer are lost annually, but looking at the increase in both Eagles, hawks and buzzards locally, I am not seeing the issue. This sounds like Crazyfornia BS again. As other have noted, I have never killed a deer without an exit wound. I shot one on the run this year, bullet entered right behind the heart and blew the heart and lungs right out the front of the chest. However, truth be told, the high velocity of the round created so much cavitation that the heart and lungs were liquified and that killed it instantly. No bullets and nothing for the eagles, bears, coyotes, wolves or buzzards to eat. In fact long before an eagle gets it talons on a lost kill, the coyotes, wolves and pigs have pretty much ate most of it.

[Macoozie]

“Isn’t lead ammo for hunting already outlawed in nearly all states?”

Old style ammo had solid lead. It’s inert.
You don’t get lead poisoning from eating lead pellets.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Lead bird shot is illegal been replaced with steel or bismuth rifle ammo is still lead core.