tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423815608168342684.post8819743422252511971..comments2024-03-13T02:57:59.591-07:00Comments on Pointing Dog Blog: After Lead?Craig Koshykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551849205683278959noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423815608168342684.post-83913016523756352512016-05-21T05:04:16.677-07:002016-05-21T05:04:16.677-07:00Simply a lover of guns and firearms, loved your bl...Simply a lover of guns and firearms, loved your blog for sharing something in such a detail. Shotguns has always been one of my favorites. This can always make things really safer for you and all. You can also give a try to the <a href="http://www.bostonfirearms.com" rel="nofollow">MA Gun License</a> to maintain safer and secured for your loved ones.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12455779831351440576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423815608168342684.post-42925326984765623052015-05-19T23:03:31.738-07:002015-05-19T23:03:31.738-07:00I applaud your very fine article about a very comp...I applaud your very fine article about a very complex issue. As a lifelong hunter and shooter, I don't like to think that I have done harm to species I want to protect. But, as the president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, one of the world's leading teaching and research hospitals for wildlife and conservation medicine, I have seen the results of lead toxicity in species like the bald eagle, and many others. In 2013, the Wildlife Center admitted 42 bald eagles. Sixty percent of them had measurable levels of lead in their blood stream...sometimes lethal levels. No amount of lead is "safe". These birds are getting the lead by scavenging game or nuisance animals that are not recovered, or the entrails of deer and other large game species which are field dressed. We find the fragments! A fragment of lead the size of a grain of rice--one or two #6 shotgun pellets--can kill and eagle in 48-72 hours! If we educate ourselves about this issue, and voluntarily make the switch to nontoxic shot, we can avoid regulations and bans....approaches we don't want. No sportsman wants to kill any animal that is not our intended quarry. <br /><br />Here is the link to a white paper I prepared on this subject. http://wildlifecenter.org/sites/default/files/WCV-Position-on-Lead4.pdf<br /><br />Again, thank you for his fine post, and for your leadership on this issue!<br /><br />Ed Clark, President<br />Wildlife Center of VirginiaEd Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03734499777697748535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423815608168342684.post-56209437117217220542015-05-17T21:20:41.882-07:002015-05-17T21:20:41.882-07:00Adding to the non steel, non toxic problem is the ...Adding to the non steel, non toxic problem is the fact that non toxic loads are primarily intended for waterfowling and consequently are high velocity, high pressure, high payload gun busters. A number of years ago a local store obtained a stock of 20 or so boxes of light upland bismuth loads. The prices were stratospheric. Every payday I went down and purchased one or two boxes. In about five months I had purchased the entire stock as no one else was buying them. The money is long gone and forgotten and I have now have a life time supply of non toxic, non steel upland ammo. I will probably have enough left over to put in my will for some deserving hunting partner! Some times you just have to bite the bullet and do it!Ed Andersonhttp://www.ceandersonart.comnoreply@blogger.com