I've found you will get answers all over the map on this one. There are many studies showing lead bullets will leave very small traces of lead in your meat. Ones you won't notice, or feel when chewing and definitely too small to see. Have you made the switch to copper? Are you worried about it? Is it all hogwash? Do you just trim more even though the studies show lead spreads much farther than we usually think. I still use lead bullets and don't plan to switch at this time. However, I feel there is probably merit to the concerns. So what do you think? Bullet Fragmentation http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/hunt/documents/lead.pdf
If the very small trace of lead in the 1 deer that I kill every 5 years kills me, then I would say I lived a decent life.
Nope, not too concerned about it. If I kill a deer with my rifle, quite a bit of the front shoulders are destroyed anyways.
I suppose if your deer wound up riddled with bullets, it could be a matter for concern. I would just practice more and go for a one shot kill.
FWIW, if you look at the reports they have found lead all over a deer and it is not confined to just the area shot. According to their studies hitting them one one bullet does not change it at all.
No concerns here but I've never done any research on the effects, etc. I will take my deer shot by a lead bullet over the processed grocery meat any day.
I'm probably more concerned about the level of mercury in wild caught tuna and salmon. And you can't really trust anything you get from China or Southeast Asia.
Not concerned. I switched to copper a couple years back. Decided to dump lead in both my fishing & hunting gear. More for the animals scavenging carcasses than myself. Been shooting the Hornady GMX bullet with great results.
No. I use Barnes bullets. This is the bullet I got out of my cow elk. Minus the little plastic tip, it had 100% weight retention even after breaking ribs, destroying the heart and the offside humeral head and lodging just outside the joint capsule.
