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Title: Ammunition in wild meats!?
Post by: Löwenherz on May 27, 2011, 03:44:18 pm
Hi,

what do you do with ammunition in wild meats? They usually contain lead!

Is it sufficient to cut out only a small part of the meat around the ammunition particles?

Löwenherz
Title: Re: Ammunition in wild meats!?
Post by: TylerDurden on May 27, 2011, 03:49:49 pm
Hi,

what do you do with ammunition in wild meats? They usually contain lead!

Is it sufficient to cut out only a small part of the meat around the ammunition particles?

Löwenherz

I usually find lead shot pellets as soon as I start chewing, and always manage to spit them out without swallowing them.
Title: Re: Ammunition in wild meats!?
Post by: Löwenherz on May 27, 2011, 04:17:17 pm
I usually find lead shot pellets as soon as I start chewing, and always manage to spit them out without swallowing them.

Some people claim that lead shot pellets contaminate large areas of the meat with lead, with consequences for our health.

But I guess that you are not remotely afraid of possible toxins, as always.  :D

Löwenherz
Title: Re: Ammunition in wild meats!?
Post by: TylerDurden on May 27, 2011, 05:27:18 pm
Of course not, I have not suffered from symptoms of  lead-poisoning or whatever, so I know I'm fine.
Title: Re: Ammunition in wild meats!?
Post by: ys on May 27, 2011, 10:54:04 pm
pellets are used for very small game such as rabbits or turkeys.  larger animals are usually taken down with a single bullet or shotgun slug and stay intact most of the time.  i simply cut out everything along the bullet path because flesh is all destroyed and mushy.

there are also steel pellets available but they are a bit more pricey.  if you hunt yourself you can use steel shots and don't worry about lead.
Title: Re: Ammunition in wild meats!?
Post by: Löwenherz on May 28, 2011, 09:21:19 pm
if you hunt yourself you can use steel shots and don't worry about lead.

Yes, I will definitely do this, when I have my own hunting licence...

I have read that Canada and some other countries have forbidden all ammunition with lead.

Löwenherz