I'm not big on the non-lead push. The details just don't support going lead-free.
It's like the video of some kids catching a mouse/rat and "releasing it into the wild" to have a hawk grab it as it scurries for cover. All the time & effort for nothing. Lead bullets are not like DDT that caused thin egg shells and almost wiped out all birds and raptors.
The condors were a big reason for lead bullet bans. YET they still say current condor deaths are 50% from lead poisoning - funny cause lead bullets were banned. Go figure. Where are they getting the lead?
Eagles, birds, and even whales die in large numbers from windmills (onshore and off) yet the GOVT persist in building the damned things. But the few eagles (they don't put numbers to it, just "widespread") that die from lead poisoning are somehow all hunters' problem and GOVT is gonna save them.
Google regarding wind mills
"Impact and Scope: A 2026 estimate suggests that golden eagle mortality from wind turbines in the western U.S. has risen to roughly 270 per year." (Note: This is golden eagles alone, not including bald eagles or other birds. - that's like 5 per week)
"A subsidiary of one of the largest U.S. providers of renewable energy was ordered to pay over $8 million in fines and restitution, after at least 150 eagles (bald & golden) were killed at its wind farms in eight states"
"Wind turbines have long garnered scrutiny for killing birds that fly into their spinning blades or tall towers. Much of the data about bird deaths at wind facilities in the United States comes from studies published in 2013 and 2014. Those studies gave a wide range for the number of birds that die in wind turbine collisions each year: from 140,000 up to 679,000. The numbers are likely to be higher today, because many more wind farms have been built in the past decade."
A side note - I googled the whale deaths from offshore wind farms and it says none. Then googled all the dead whales that washed up on the NJ shore and got some information but only said like 12. Was following the dead whales a couple years ago and they had like 127 dead whales & dolphins while doing offshore windfarm stuff. That information was available last time I looked but is gone today. Hmm? They did say "The spike in deaths has caused debate over whether offshore wind energy development and associated sonar surveying are contributing to the fatalities."
Googled other things that kill eagles - avian flu, some kind of neuro disease, vehicles, and electrocution from power lines. They specifically blame hunter ammunition and don't mention windmills at all. Slanted BS.
So - until they stop targeting hunting and shooting, be very suspicious.
It's like the video of some kids catching a mouse/rat and "releasing it into the wild" to have a hawk grab it as it scurries for cover. All the time & effort for nothing. Lead bullets are not like DDT that caused thin egg shells and almost wiped out all birds and raptors.
The condors were a big reason for lead bullet bans. YET they still say current condor deaths are 50% from lead poisoning - funny cause lead bullets were banned. Go figure. Where are they getting the lead?
Eagles, birds, and even whales die in large numbers from windmills (onshore and off) yet the GOVT persist in building the damned things. But the few eagles (they don't put numbers to it, just "widespread") that die from lead poisoning are somehow all hunters' problem and GOVT is gonna save them.
Google regarding wind mills
"Impact and Scope: A 2026 estimate suggests that golden eagle mortality from wind turbines in the western U.S. has risen to roughly 270 per year." (Note: This is golden eagles alone, not including bald eagles or other birds. - that's like 5 per week)
"A subsidiary of one of the largest U.S. providers of renewable energy was ordered to pay over $8 million in fines and restitution, after at least 150 eagles (bald & golden) were killed at its wind farms in eight states"
"Wind turbines have long garnered scrutiny for killing birds that fly into their spinning blades or tall towers. Much of the data about bird deaths at wind facilities in the United States comes from studies published in 2013 and 2014. Those studies gave a wide range for the number of birds that die in wind turbine collisions each year: from 140,000 up to 679,000. The numbers are likely to be higher today, because many more wind farms have been built in the past decade."
A side note - I googled the whale deaths from offshore wind farms and it says none. Then googled all the dead whales that washed up on the NJ shore and got some information but only said like 12. Was following the dead whales a couple years ago and they had like 127 dead whales & dolphins while doing offshore windfarm stuff. That information was available last time I looked but is gone today. Hmm? They did say "The spike in deaths has caused debate over whether offshore wind energy development and associated sonar surveying are contributing to the fatalities."
Googled other things that kill eagles - avian flu, some kind of neuro disease, vehicles, and electrocution from power lines. They specifically blame hunter ammunition and don't mention windmills at all. Slanted BS.
So - until they stop targeting hunting and shooting, be very suspicious.
