Show Iron Shot In Place Of Lead Shot Iran shot will substitute lead shot on some selected Federal hunting areas this according to Interior Secretary Biologists estimate three to four percent of the North American waterfowl die each year from lead a loss of millions of geese and swans accidentally pick up the lead when feeding and are RISING PUBLIC concern over such losses is demons t r a t e d by Maryland's consideration of a unilateral ban on lead shot for waterfowl hunting and by a request filed by the National Wildlife Federation asking a ban on lead shot everywhere before the If this fall's program is the effort will be expanded the following season and iron shot may be mandatory for all waterfowl hunting by EXTENSIVE research on nonpoisonous shot shows soft iron to be the best alternative to lead Iron shot was tested at Winchester's Nilo Farms in Illinois in and at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in 1968 and proved acceptable under controlled Field tests at Remington Farms in Maryland in 1971 demonstrated that iron shot is effective for waterfowl according to caused no significant damage to gun |