Lead in Meat Discussion

[SwiftShot]

Well, this just happened to me for the first time. Just got done eating some leftover taco meat (grind) from my cow elk this November. Picked 3 fragments of lead out of mouth while eating taco salad. Thank god it was me and not my wife or 16 month old that also ate on the same package.

Cow elk ever so slightly quartering-to shot. Double lung where the to-me shoulder meat took some damage, but no scapular damage at all.. thought we did a good job trimming. We lost some shoulder meat and a good bit of rib me on the exit side.

30-06 180gr Federal Powershok at 285 yards.

I work in radiology and am considering bringing the grind in and running it through a CT scan just for fun.

One of the big reasons I am switching to all cooper.

 

[Wolfshead]

I switched to all copper this season.
Partly because I’m pretty certain N.Y. is going to make it mandatory in the coming years, and because I have young grandchildren that may eat some of what I get.
I shot a buck this season with a high shoulder shot, DRT.
I did lose some shoulder meat.
I was pleasantly surprised by the how little bloodshot and bruising there was around the wound.
With a shot like this using the accubonds I had been previously using I would have lost A LOT MORE meat around the entrance and exit wounds.
It has sealed the deal with me.
I don’t like being told what I can hunt with, and i want everyone to be able to use what works for them without unnecessary restrictions for reason that most likely are BS, but I like the results I’ve gotten, and for my personal reasons I’m sticking with copper.