Big game hunters notice bullet performance, and all-copper bullets are proving their mettle in the field and at the range. To be honest, hunters resisted non-lead bullets for so long because they ...

Carl Batha, a retired DNR wildlife biologist, helped lead the workshop. He said his experience with copper bullets began last year when he "snuck a new .270 in the house" and wanted to load his own ...

ZUMWALT PRAIRIE, Ore. — Aiming a rifle loaded with a copper bullet rather than the standard type made of lead, Chelsea Cassens fired at an elk from 70 yards away, hitting it squarely behind its ...

Finally, it looks like there’s a real chance to make the switch in Maryland to non-toxic ammo, proven to perform better than lead, barely more expensive and, most important, the means to protect ...

On March 23, the Maryland House passed HB 1067 by a 91 to 42 vote, thereby taking an important step toward protecting people and non-target wildlife from plumbism — lead poisoning from bullet ...

Late fall and early winter are deer hunting seasons in many parts of the U.S. Most hunters headed into the field will be armed with bullets made of lead. But lead is toxic for predators eating animals ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - With the gun deer opener just days away, hunters are being warned about potential health risks from lead ammunition. A health expert with Marshfield Clinic says hunters using ...

In late fall and winter, bald eagles in Maryland shift from their warm-weather diet largely of fish to one largely of carrion. This shift coincides with deer hunting, so eagles suffer increasingly ...