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Lead poisoning from eating game shot with lead core bullets?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Bischof" data-source="post: 1927456" data-attributes="member: 879"><p>According to the study Feenix posted and common sense, you are wrong. Type of bullet had everything to do with how much lead is dispersed into the meat. I use Federal Fusion bullets partly for this reason. Their copper jackets are electrochemically bonded to their lead cores so that they cannot separate from the lead. Of course, Fusion is not the only bullet I use and they are not available to reloaders. The best thing hunters can do is to cut away the meat surrounding the bullet path and throw it away. I know there are many hunters who like to shoot through both shoulders to "break down" the animal. I have tried it that way and I have settled upon a better way for me. I aim for the HIGH behind the shoulder shot that shocks the central nervous system (spinal cord) to put the animal down instantly. Sometimes I may lose a little backstrap, but usually if I do it just right, I lose no meat at all and I ingest no lead at all because I throw away everything in the vicinity of the bullet path. Every hunter should do that no matter where their preferred aimpoint may be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Bischof, post: 1927456, member: 879"] According to the study Feenix posted and common sense, you are wrong. Type of bullet had everything to do with how much lead is dispersed into the meat. I use Federal Fusion bullets partly for this reason. Their copper jackets are electrochemically bonded to their lead cores so that they cannot separate from the lead. Of course, Fusion is not the only bullet I use and they are not available to reloaders. The best thing hunters can do is to cut away the meat surrounding the bullet path and throw it away. I know there are many hunters who like to shoot through both shoulders to "break down" the animal. I have tried it that way and I have settled upon a better way for me. I aim for the HIGH behind the shoulder shot that shocks the central nervous system (spinal cord) to put the animal down instantly. Sometimes I may lose a little backstrap, but usually if I do it just right, I lose no meat at all and I ingest no lead at all because I throw away everything in the vicinity of the bullet path. Every hunter should do that no matter where their preferred aimpoint may be. [/QUOTE]
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