Alternatives to Lead Ammo

The Herald The fear is that eliminating lead bullets would amount to a ban on hunting, but that hasn't happened in the area where non-lead ammo is required. Not even close. Condors are still being poisoned because of lack of compliance with current law caused by an insufficient amount of alternative ammo on the market. Was paint or gasoline banned when lead was removed from these products? Of course not, and neither will hunting, just as waterfowl hunting in the 1990s continued despite the ban on lead shot. At Ventana Wildlife Society, we gave out free nonlead ammunition, costing us about 5 percent of our annual revenue. The program is funded by private donors and the Monterey County Fish and Game Advisory Commission, from fines. The society believes this is an effective approach and we encourage federal and state wildlife agencies to duplicate it on broader scales. So, I guess our exhuberant commenters were mistaken when they said banning lead bullets would leave no alternative. It make you wonder if those guys just make shit up and passionately push it as fact.