Subject: [Tweeters] Re Lead Shot
Date: Dec 24 14:09:47 2005
From: Penny Koyama - plkoyama at verizon.net


Jeff and Tweeters,

When Martha Jordan lectured to the SAS Master Birder class in Feb 2004, she
indicated that the necropsies they perform on the Skagit area swans reveal
that the swan die-off is primarily the result of old lead, not the newer
ammo. They can tell this by the way the shot has been worn down over time.
She said that hunters are highly compliant with the regulations banning lead
shot, except on the NA reservations, where lead can still be used. So far,
they haven't been able to locate the source of the lead. Somewhere there
must be a big field full of this stuff...

Penny Koyama, Bothell
plkoyama at verizon.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kozma" <jkozma at charter.net>
To: "Tweeters" <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Re Lead Shot


> Yes, lead shot is still used for some types of hunting, but it is banned
> for
> using on any type of waterfowl (in the U.S.) or anything that is hunted
> over
> open water (sandhill cranes, rails, snipe, etc). Lead shot can still be
> used to hunt upland birds such as quail, pheasant, chukar, turkey, etc.
> Even though lead shot is banned for use on waterfowl, I am sure that some
> hunters still use it illegally due to their belief that it is more
> efficient
> at killing birds than steel (and in most cases, it is). Lead is heavier
> and
> denser and thus retains its energy at a greater distance than steel.
> Greater energy means greater killing efficiently. Manufacturers are
> making
> great strides in improving non-toxic shot, such as steel. They have
> bumped
> up the velocity on steel (Fast Steel) to improve its lethality and also
> have
> developed such things as Heavy Shot (a mix of tungsten, nickel and iron)
> that is reported to be better than lead. These new shot formulations are
> more expensive than traditional steel, but they are more efficient at
> bringing down large birds, like geese, resulting in less cripples than
> traditional steel shot.
>
> Jeff Kozma
> Yakima
>
>
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