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No. I am not kidding. Some nontoxic shotshells cost more than lead shotshells, some not so much. Winchester Xpert shotshells in steel #7 and #6 are very effective dove and ruffed grouse/woodcock loads and are available locally for $10.86/box. Most comparable lead target and dove loads sell...

You mentioned cost. Are nontoxic shotshells really more costly than lead shotshells?

I do not think that any of us want eagles to suffer from lead poisoning. Data shows that nearly half of them do suffer from lead poisoning. https://www.voanews.com/a/nearly-half-of-us-bald-eagles-suffer-lead-poisoning-/6447550.html

I do think that many people over think the issue of choke. Part of it is marketing. Prior to the marketing of boutique, specialty chokes, I am not sure that most people thought about it much. For most all of pheasant hunting, using most any available shot, improved cylinder or modified chokes...

Reading the article and looking at the the accompanying photographs, it looks like the lead was found in the edible portions of the pheasant carcasses.

Can you provide any links to these studies that you have been reading on the mortality of hawks and eagles in San Francisco or New York City?

That is not even the question at hand. The real question is: Would you rather eat a pheasant containing an average of 39 elemental lead fragments or a pheasant with no added lead fragments? Now, since you brought it up: If Macdonald's (or any other restaurants in the US) were able to serve...

While I can agree with much of what you stated, I will disagree with you about something. If given the choice between ingesting food that contains fragments of lead and ingesting food that does not, I choose the food without lead every time. It makes no sense to me to incur such a known risk...

Got it. Realize a couple of things. First, the deaths of eagles and geese due to ingesting lead is evidence that lead is toxic. Understand too that death is not the only negative outcome when an animal, including a human, ingests a toxin such as lead.

What do you mean by the use of the term, "anology"?

I quit using lead for several reasons. First, I hunt a number of places where lead shot is not allowed. Second, I have hunted waterfowl for years with nontoxic shot. Third, I see no reason to feed my family meat that contains lead when other alternatives are available. Realize that because...

This is from the UK. Realize that pheasant is sold in markets. I switched from lead shot to steel and bismuth several years ago. I see no reason to go back. https://phys.org/news/2022-08-pheasant-meat-sold-food-tiny.html

I work and volunteer in the shooting sports industry. I know that I have significant hearing loss. I am very much interested in hearing protection for use while pheasant hunting. I have tried electronic ear muffs. I find them to be cumbersome and the wind noise is annoying. Yesterday at a...

I have turkey hunting this past week in SE MN. I am seeing and hearing many pheasants each day.

Yes, they complained about the weight of heavy guns. I hunted with my father and his friends in the early 1970s. I distinctly remember some of them complaining about the weight of their duck guns they carried while pheasant hunting. My father did not duck hunt. He had purchased a Browning...

I sincerely doubt that a crossing bird at 30 yards or less would require a noticeable or significant difference in lead for say, two shells one with a MV of 1200 fps and another with MV of 1500 fps. A going away or quartering away bird would make any difference even less significant.

I have been using mine with steel shot for several years. I use 1 1/8 oz or less of shot at around 1400 fps. The barrel is titanium steel wrapped with fiberglass. It is stronger than a fluid steel barrel. I would not use a Model 59 with the Versa-choke because barrel harmonics changes the...

I stopped using lead shot for my hunting several years ago. I use two guns for my pheasant hunting. I started the seasons in both Minnesota and Iowa with my 16 gauge Stevens 5100 sxs. I started with Hevishot bismuth in sizes #6 (right barrel) and #4 (left barrel). Using this combination, I...

I have lived in Minnesota now for 3 years. I have seen a total of 12 Hungarian partridge since moving here. Early this season, my dog flushed a covey of 5 on a the edge of a WIHA. When the first bird flushed, I thought it was a very young hen pheasant as I had seen many young birds at that...

I eat a lot of pheasant as pheasant salad sandwiches. It is essentially the same as chicken salad. I just made a batch of pheasant salad sandwich mix. I simply place the pheasant in a crock pot on the low setting with an inch of water. I allow it to cook for 3 hours. I then cut and shred...