Grouse Guy I wan't making it about you or me but trying to make the point that lead is widespread in our nation. Any creature is going to have some lead levels because of:

Ubiquitous residuals of leaded gasoline
Aviation gas
Ubiquitous lead paint
Smelters, closed or operating
Lead mines
Other mines
Lead in the potable water supply

Repeating Larry as long as we have enough of some critter if one in 100 or 1 in 1000 dies from eating lead shot it doesn't matter.

The number of WILD UPLAND game birds dying from lead shot ingestion is negligible. It is minisucle compared to the number dying from:

Weather
Weather
Weather
Predation
Impact with automobiles
Impact with powerlines
Loss of habitat

What about the urban Peregrine falcon with the higher than normal blood levels in the link I posted above? How would a lead shot ban have lowered his lead levels?


Best,

Mike

Last edited by AmarilloMike; 01/15/10 02:05 PM.

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