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mrsfalcon:
I thought I'd post some links specific to hunting with non-toxic shot.  Thanks to SOAR for all of their work on hunting lead free. Please be sure to visit http://www.soarraptors.org/HuntLeadFree.html for more information and resources. If you have links to lead-free ammo sources, post them below and I'll add them.

Lead-free Ammunition Lists

* List of State of CA certified lead-free ammo: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/lead-free/certifiedammo.html
* FWS approved non-toxic shot for waterfowl: http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/CurrentBirdIssues/nontoxic.htm
* Ammo Info from SOAR: http://www.soarraptors.org/Documents/Non-Lead%20Bullet%20Descriptions_March2014_CA_DFG.pdf
Non-toxic Shot Tutorials and General Ammunition Information

* Hunting with non-lead bullets website: http://www.huntingwithnonlead.org/index.html
* Hunting with non-lead bullets facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/huntingwithnonlead
* Non-lead bullet types and how to find them: http://www.huntingwithnonlead.org/find_bullets2013.html
* Clark Armory Blog: http://clarkarmory.com/blogs/news
* Non-lead bullet performance: http://www.huntingwithnonlead.org/bullet_performance.html
* Video: Just Outdoors Copper Bullets - http://youtu.be/2OnzCgwq8gY
* Video: Ballistics of non-lead shot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVzHyZLfHvc
* Video: Making the switch to non-lead ammo - http://vimeo.com/90568947
* Video Channel: One Shot Harvest: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDivIzVKQdNoMYZEzSJskA
Where to Buy: Non-toxic Companies

* Clark Armory Non-Toxic Shooting Supply: http://clarkarmory.com/
* Barnes Bullets: http://www.barnesbullets.com/
* HeviShot: http://www.hevishot.com/
Where to Buy: Non-toxic Shot

* Estate Cartridge Steel: http://www.estatecartridge.com/html/steel.htm
* RWS Ammunition: http://brasskingsammo.com/rws_ammunition.html
* Cabela's non-toxic shot: http://goo.gl/dZE8KB

jfrancl:
Thanks for starting this thread on lead free ammunition options and tutorials.  Here is a great study done at the Grand Canyon National Park in AZ

http://www.nps.gov/grca/naturescience/bullet_study.htm

Studies at Pinnacles National Park in CA

http://www.nps.gov/pinn/naturescience/leadstudies.htm

Study of suitable alternatives

http://phys.org/news/2014-07-bullets-suitability-alternatives.html

glogdog:
Thanks, Amy, for starting this very important thread.  I've had these 2 links saved for quite a while.  The State of Minnesota compares Copper bullets with Lead bullets in the first one with some comments from the University of Minnesota Raptor Center:

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/issues/2013/sep-oct/copper.html

And Amy, you provided us in the past with this 2nd article about "Copper Opportunities"

http://www.raptorresource.org/pdf/CopperOpportunities.pdf

Faith:
Amy, thank you for starting this timely thread.

Here is a link to an article about alternative ammo.  It presents a good case for using non-toxic ammunition, and the reasons it is important to do so.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/85022.html

jfrancl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrvD3I1hygg

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