tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post5570988758377155728..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: A Bullet, Dodged—and a Bogus "Hunters' Group"Chas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-51336181093635002152010-08-30T16:10:39.720-06:002010-08-30T16:10:39.720-06:00Thanks for the links and article, Chas. Hadn't...Thanks for the links and article, Chas. Hadn't seen any of this.mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-43461323378062871902010-08-29T20:09:27.512-06:002010-08-29T20:09:27.512-06:00Read Tom McIntyre's witty takedown of Anthony ...Read <a href="http://mcintyrehunts.com/wordpress/?p=319" rel="nofollow">Tom McIntyre's witty takedown of Anthony Prieto and Project Gutpile</a>.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-39817828144554752072010-08-29T20:07:09.177-06:002010-08-29T20:07:09.177-06:00Stopping lead nationwide to save the condors seems...Stopping lead nationwide to save the condors seems like, forgive the expression, overkill.<br /><br />Maybe someone could slaughter steers with spears to give them acceptable carrion.<br /><br />Some bloggers elsewhere have suggested that lead alternatives, e.g., copper-jacketed steel, could fall afoul of laws against "armor-piercing" ammo in some jurisdictions.<br /><br />I do not know if that is true, but it's out there.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-73188807031091974672010-08-29T19:55:09.490-06:002010-08-29T19:55:09.490-06:00I heard about Project Gutpile when I was researchi...I heard about Project Gutpile when I was researching a story about the lead ban for NWTF's magazine, though I heard of it as a program designed to get hunters to voluntarily bury or remove gutpiles in condor country. My understanding was that it was the little-publicized and failed predecessor to California's lead ban in the condor zone.<br /><br />I personally have given up lead ammo, except where required for target shooting (skeet). For me, it's a small thing I can do to try to make sure I don't cause collateral damage when I hunt. I'm a total softie - I admit it. But I think folks are going to be hard-pressed to show substantial threat to wildlife given the massive rebound we've seen in bald eagles and such. I'm pretty sure more raptors die of being hit by cars on our freeways than of ingesting lead ammunition.<br /><br />That said, I think lead ammo's days are numbered because it's hard to defend it, and the non-hunting public doesn't care if it costs us more to shoot non-lead. And thanks to my wacky state, more non-lead alternatives are available, even now including rimfire. But I suspect this effort will take as long as the last one - I think it took 20 years to ban lead ammo for waterfowl hunting.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-82105423768823457822010-08-29T16:51:06.882-06:002010-08-29T16:51:06.882-06:00Reading around on the web, I gather the EPA is sti...Reading around on the web, I gather the EPA is still in it against lead fishing weights, and against lead wheel weights, which of course many reloaders use in making their ammo.Darrellnoreply@blogger.com