Hunting Ammo

[n8tive97]

n8tive97,

My biggest issue in the field, other than being out of shape, is being able to judge distance. That's why I lean a little more to the light side in bullet weight to favor a flatter trajectory. I'm not much for hunting the thick stuff but if you are then the 200gr may serve you better. Again, I have no experience with the .06, but look at some ballistic tables and think about the kind of hunting you want to do, that should help you decide, you can always change it up.
Truthfully a 165gr out of an .06 will put anything in this state down if you do your part. If you're using the .06 strictly for mulies, consider something like a 150gr, it should shoot damn flat. All my deer I've taken have been with 140 gr.

The lead issue may be overblown, but I'll play it safe, what the hell.

Robb

150 grain for deer and 180 for elk! I'm set, looking forward to hitting the range now! My gun club has a rifle range out to 500 yards, so i should be ready. Thanks again for your help.
Love this stuff!

[Byte Stryke]

There's more articles that allude to when you hit that animal, the lead in that lead tipped bullet basically vaporizes, where's it go? Into the meat of the animal. Then into my kids... Yeah it's minimal but we eat a fair amount of wild game so I've decided to minimize that factor.
I can't prove that's what happens, but I've read enough that it's made me think about it. Is It liberal propaganda? I dunno, but the more I read the more I was attracted to either a ballistic tip or the new non-lead bullets. Horniday makes them too.

something about this just doesn't make sense...

I would think that the lead in the Bullet is already superheated upon firing...
Upon the round striking the animal wouldn't it would actually cool in the bodily fluids of the animal it was passing through and slowing?
I would always clean away a small amount around the wound tract anyway due to possible fragmentation.

just my thoughts on it.

[Robb]

Byte,

Perhaps you're right and I bought into propaganda. When I read about it at the time I thought it sounded feasable. The articles made it sound like the lead basically atomized in a substantially sized area in the animal, not like the lead just touching the meat through the wound channel. Granted we're not talking about high levels here.

If this in in fact a bunch of BS, I'd love to hear about it. If it was just me eating what I killed I wouldn't be overly concerned about it, I've never heard of an elevated lead level in any of my physicals, but I bought into it because of the kids, and options are available.

I wish I could point to the articles, but no way any more, too much time has passed. I 'll do some googling and see what comes up and point to it.

Robb

[Byte Stryke]

while I Agree that we should be cautious about what our children ingest...
I grew up eating lead-shot rabbit, and sometimes dad didn't get all of the shot.
Cant tell you how many #4s I have spit out onto my plate.
The only thing my folks ever really said about it was "Use a Napkin!"

And I am not a lead-based Zombie yet...


So while I agree we should limit unnecessary heavy metal exposure, I am pretty sure they are exposed to more heavy metals breathing Denver air than they are ingesting a nice venison steak shot with a lead Bullet, unless of course the bullet is still in it.

Just my 2 cents

[Robb]

Yeah, been there. I spit shot, only twice that I remember though. It was with a Thanksgiving goose and pheasant when I was a kid.
R

[ridgewalker]

In my experience there is enough bloodshot meat around the wound channel that you have to cut it out. I killed my first big game (white tail deer) in 1966. I have eaten venison every year since and there is nothing wrong with me...with me...with me...

I shoot many birds (pheasants, chukars, quail, duskys, sage grouse, etc.) every year from behind my little GSP and sooner or later each year I bite into a piece of shot.

Conclusion...I am going to die. Hopefully later than sooner. My chances of dieing from a car wreck are much higher IMO. I like my wild game.