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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
wow, reading some the comments here, you'd think Carlos Hathcock had been cloned.- ltdann
- Post #56
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
I thought about it last night some. I hunted 14 years with lead, exclusively with Nosler partition, both in 30-06 and 12 Ga and I believe I lost one animal to a bad shot, totally my fault. The lead ban went into effect in my area in 2006 so I have 13 years using lead free. My success rate was...- ltdann
- Post #51
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
Finally found a picture of my hunting area. This is on VAFB and is pretty typical of the vegitation. That's Chuck with a better than average buck about 200 yards off a paved road...in a shotgun only area. If you imagine that deer standing, there's not much to aim in the brush, usually the...- ltdann
- Post #47
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
Sure, that's true..but then you want get many people lining up to give bone and tissue samples.- ltdann
- Post #46
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Newb in California
VAFB is doable, just a couple hours up the road. Good deer, decent hogs. I knew alot of guys at hueneme that went every weekend for pigs...or quail when in season. You're in a good spot. Good duck there as well. I'm in the San Diego area and can get to VAFB in 4 hours. That's an easy day. -
Reason for Grinder Clogging
This. Try this before spending the big bucks. Cabelas/bass pro have all the size plates and blades for almost all standard size grinders. If that doesn't work, go big. Mine's a Globe 1 HP rated to 250 lbs an hour, but I still have to do my part to make sure it doesn't clog. make sure the...- ltdann
- Post #16
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
I see where the confusion is. It's not that I like neck and head shots...it's all that's visible. It's usual the only shot I'm presented with. I'm talking tall, thick brush. The kind that makes your shins look like hamburger and the rest of your body looks like you lost a knife fight. If...- ltdann
- Post #39
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
LOL...Quack you pretty much nailed it! I fell through a manzanita patch that came to my shoulders before I touched ground. If my buddy hadn't seen me go in, I'd still be there. awww good times. Anyway, all these studies, performance issues etc with non-lead is old. I remember hearing the...- ltdann
- Post #37
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
Given the terrain and vegetation I work with, I've done just that . I pass on alot of animals because I have no confidence in the non-lead preformance. My experience is that it's just not as good as an Accubond or Partion. Hell, till Federal came out with their Trophy Copper Slugs, I was...- ltdann
- Post #34
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
It's common complaint among many, many CA hunters. Some guys report no problems with the stuff, but I'd say more complaints then positve comments. I tried Hornady's GMX for pig hunting one year. I shot what I estimated was a 200 lb sow at 40 yards, from a sitting position. The pig bolted. I...- ltdann
- Post #30
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
I'm happy for you. Glad you've had a positive experience. I have not. After two rifles, and thousands of rounds reloaded and/or store bought, I find lead-free ammo less effective than lead. My personal experience in the coastal sage of CA is that rifle ammo punches thru the animal, leaving a...- ltdann
- Post #29
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
I'm not the only CA hunter to experience that. Perhaps the better way to exchange information is to ask "why is that?" rather than suggesting a fellow hunter quit. The ingrained individualism of hunters is the very trait that's being exploited to kill the sport. Divide and conquer. But hey...- ltdann
- Post #26
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
As I said before, the lead exposure in birds is different from human exposure. There's a difference between systemic, chronic exposure to lead in living tissue and acute, one time exposure to metallic lead in a dead deer. The bullet fragments that we might accidently eat pass through our...- ltdann
- Post #21
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Meateater Podcast episode #155: Guns - Lead study in ND
That was the case here in CA. After the original lead ban went into effect, the game wardens reported 3000 hunter-warden contacts yeilded 99.97% compliance with the law (just 3 hunters using lead), and it zero effect on the lead poisoning rate. Just before the final 3 year study on...- ltdann
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- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
