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DESCRIPTION: Standard rifle bullets disperse tiny lead fragments throughout the flesh of wild game, raising public health concerns about lead poisoning in those that consume venison, based on a study of white-tailed deer shot by hunters. The new data I refer to in the beginning is a reference to yesterday’s video-of-the-day Modern Meat Not Ahead of the Game (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/modern-meat-not-ahead-of-the-game/). Lead has also been found in protein powder supplements (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/heavy-metals-in-protein-powder-supplements/), ayervedic medicine supplements (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/get-the-lead-out/), and other animal products (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cannibalistic-feed-biomagnification/). Maybe in shot kangaroo meat too? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/modern-meat-not-ahead-of-the-game/) Like mercury in tuna (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/nerves-of-mercury/), no level of lead consumption can be considered safe. So what’s the least unhealthy meat? Find out in tomorrow’s video-of-the-day Good Grub: The Healthiest Meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/good-grub-the-healthiest-meat/).<
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Bow and arrow. Steel broad heads!
Interesting and important info. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Isn't it just easier to be vegan? I mean holy smokes… bullet fragments, parasites, lethal bacteria, mercury exposure, inflammation, IGF-1, hormones, antibiotics, cancer causing compounds, saturated fat, and on and on….
So uh, Ted Nugent's bow and arrow schtick, not looking quite as crazy…
Oh so maybe there's lead on those arrows, didn't think of that. Couldn't be as bad as that horrible bullet that breaks up into a zillion pieces of lead could it? Agreed though that the guy's a major nut.
ouch!
cowards shoot guns from afar, real hunters chased game down with spears, only when necessary to feed their families.
nice summary and reminder
Or just us shotgun slugs, they don't break up like high speed rifle ammo. You can also use solids that don't break up either.
Not a huge problem anyhow, do know how many people have eaten venison for the last hundred years of the 30-30?
this the best video of this month!!
@Ricky Torres we don't have to worry about the things I listed as being a normal risk in eating plant based food. Sure we still have to make sure our food is clean and not modified, but who wants to deal with the problems of animal consumption?
This is why I shoot all of my deer and moose in the head. Instant kill, no bullet fragments anywhere near my meat.
This explains why "sport" hunters become so nutty to "compliment" their psychopathy.
Interessante!
So shoot for the head? Or you can go vegan!
Well, I suppose if you use those superblaster magnums AND THEN depend up on someone else to process your game. I do neither. Even when I did use jacketed ammunition from "high-powered" rifles, I also processed the animal. Metal fragments don't travel through flesh without leaving a trace. This is something that shotgunners learn when they're 12 years old. FIND THAT METAL! But back to the deer hunters, like me. When we process our own, we can be more diligent to remove all damaged flesh from the "harvested" parts. IOW we'll throw away a shoulder that took a bullet smashing blow before we'll cut it up and use it. MOST of the good meat isn't up front anyway.
I expect that conventions of commercial venison processing (industrial food!!!) contribute much to the results of this study.
I have converted to old-timey methods which use a "soft" lead ball at modest velocities which results in almost zero fragmentation, and much less damaged flesh. I use a flintlock i built and cast mine own lead balls.
So I recommend hunters learn to make better shots (less bone, or in a non-food area) and process your own game. Using lower-velocity ammo will help as well. A round-ball of lead is all you really need under 100 yards.
I do have the ball from the buck I got this year, I haven't weighed it yet, but I expect a very high retention of the original weight. The ball did an amazing job of bringing home the venison without excess damage.
This is why you use all copper bullets to kill things you're going to eat. Hornady GMX, Barnes TTSX/Vor-TX/LRX/TSX, or Nosler E-Tip
Such bullshit, even the modern lead core bullets don't fragment like they (libertards ) are showing. Besides you don't eat the wound meat. I also suppose that all houses with lead soldered plumbing will have to be changed too at the owners expense. I knew a man that shot 100 dear in his lifetime. He used lead bullets and eat the deer. He lived to be 99 and 7 mons. Libertards are always trying to do anything that eliminates hunting. If I die of lead poisoning from eating too much version, I'll die a happy man.