Commiefornia takes a new tack
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/16850258.htm
They're considering banning lead bullets in large areas. See the above link for full details of the story.
quote:Commission president Robert Hattoy, 56, a strong supporter of the lead bullet ban, died Sunday at University of California-Davis Medical Center of complications related to AIDS. He was not present at the meeting Friday.
Hattoy and commissioner Richard Rogers both argued at the Monterey meeting that lead bullet fragments in game meat pose a threat not only to the condors but to the health of hunters and their families that consume them.
The commission is considering four action alternatives related to lead-containing bullets: take no action, ban the ammunition in specific deer-hunting areas, ban it statewide, or offer hunters incentives to voluntarily use nonleaded ammunition while hunting deer, elk, wild pigs and other large animals.
The specific hunting areas proposed include most of those west of the Sierra Nevada -- areas A, D9, D10 and D11 on Fish and Game maps.
Those are areas in which boundaries are already well known to deer hunters, according to Eric Loft, chief wildlife biologist for the Department of Fish and Game. Bullet restrictions within them would apply to all big-game hunting.
Last month, Tejon Ranch Corp. announced that nonlead ammunition will be required for all hunting and predator control on the 270,000-acre Southern California ranch starting this fall to protect condors that forage there.
They're considering banning lead bullets in large areas. See the above link for full details of the story.
quote:Commission president Robert Hattoy, 56, a strong supporter of the lead bullet ban, died Sunday at University of California-Davis Medical Center of complications related to AIDS. He was not present at the meeting Friday.
Hattoy and commissioner Richard Rogers both argued at the Monterey meeting that lead bullet fragments in game meat pose a threat not only to the condors but to the health of hunters and their families that consume them.
The commission is considering four action alternatives related to lead-containing bullets: take no action, ban the ammunition in specific deer-hunting areas, ban it statewide, or offer hunters incentives to voluntarily use nonleaded ammunition while hunting deer, elk, wild pigs and other large animals.
The specific hunting areas proposed include most of those west of the Sierra Nevada -- areas A, D9, D10 and D11 on Fish and Game maps.
Those are areas in which boundaries are already well known to deer hunters, according to Eric Loft, chief wildlife biologist for the Department of Fish and Game. Bullet restrictions within them would apply to all big-game hunting.
Last month, Tejon Ranch Corp. announced that nonlead ammunition will be required for all hunting and predator control on the 270,000-acre Southern California ranch starting this fall to protect condors that forage there.
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aids huh,, wonder where that came from , blood transfusion. 0 -
That will put some lead in san frans pencil 0 -
Can you get AIDs from lead or bad meat? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by ljwrench
Can you get AIDs from lead or bad meat?
You can definitely get it from "BAD MEAT" [}:)]0 -
So the poor hunters in Kalifornia now have to use copper bullets to kill deer so the CONDORS can eat their gut piles with impunity?
Next you know, they'll have to just run them over in their trucks!0 -
DON'T BUY LEAD! YOU'LL GET AIDS! 0 -
whew! thank god the AIDS ridden politians are looking out for us all[:I] 0 -
[8D]--It was on it's way years ago--
---You can't use LEAD shot in gamebird huntung or TRAP/SKEET competition anymore in CALIFORNIA--
--[:)][:)]--JIMBO0 -
They would save a lot more lives if they focused their attention on their dangerous lifestyle.[:0] 0
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