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.

 

[Newbutold]

I'm going to jump in here, for one reason. The term/word "ignorant" is not a deragatory term. It actually means "not having prior knowledge". Similar to me teaching my kid how a small engine works, prior to her being taught, she was ignorant of how they work.
Somewhere along the line it seems the definition has changed to an insult. It is not in it's original, and only context.

Exactly!

 

[Mtndawger]

I’ve mostly made the switch to shooting Hammers in my rifle and Lehigh controlled chaos in my boys’ rifles( because they are available in factory ammo). Expensive but completely worth it to me. In my small sample size they out perform other ammo. I don’t have to worry about blowing up a shoulder or vaporized lead residue in my meat. And no worries that other critters will ingest any of it, as remote a possibility as that may be. I don't really plan on shooting beyond about 450yards so velocity trumps bc there. And accuracy has been superb and less finicky. I am not in favor of banning lead in ammo nor do I think everyone should switch. You Do You is an important feature of a free people and endless legislation is having a really detrimental effect on our national culture. Options are good.