Well hey, whattaya know? Here we are again, and I’m still out here at Coon Camp Springs. If all’s gone well, I’m relaxing around camp after my first two clients have tagged out. If not, I’m cranking this one right down to the wire, as we’ve got one day left to hunt and that danged old moon is getting awful big!
So anyway, how’d you make out on Lead Ban Quiz #2? It was a little trickier, and maybe I’m splitting hairs here. The statement was false. For hunting big game and non game in the CA Condor Zone, you must use bullets containing not more than 1% lead. The ammo itself is still not lead free, because there are lead stabilizing components in the primer. At this time, there is no 100% lead-free ammo for big game hunters… at least none that I’m aware of in the U.S. True “green” ammo is being developed and tested by various agencies, and there are a small handful of options available to target shooters and law-enforcement.
OK, enough of that. Here’s one that isn’t quite so tricky:
If I’m down in the CA Condor Zone, hunting hogs with my 30-06, and a game warden happens to stop me and find some lead shotshells in my truck, am I in trouble?
Jake
Sean
jerry
If he’s a dick, yes. And if you’re at Tejon, you’ve gotta be worried about those folks, not the warden.
But, if no one in your party has a shotgun, I think (yeah, I’m not checking regs on any of this – just going from memory) you’d be ok with lead shotshells in the car.