Lead Ban Quiz #3
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?
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.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:26 am
I’m with Holly, as long as you don’t have a shotgun you’re alright. If you’re hunting with a .30-06, you just can’t have lead .30-06 rounds in the truck. Should be ok!
October 30th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Makes me so mad!!
October 30th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Your fine . . . unless your .30-06 can somehow fire the shotshells. I’m with Jake on this one again.
November 1st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
“Kal-if-ornia”. Lived there for over 35 years and watched the liberals and tree-huggers slice away gun/hunter/sportsman rights piece by piece. Finally had enough and moved to Texas in 2004, where I immediately recovered all gun/hunting/sportsman rights I had lost in CA. over the previous three decades. As for the “No Lead Zone” hunting in CA., I wonder where all those Game Wardens are going to eventually work when they finally screw the last sportsman in CA?
November 27th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Watch out how you sell that, Jerry! I’m very likely to be right behind you.
For what it’s worth, though, the game wardens aren’t the folks to blame for this. Their job is enforcing the law, not making it. The Department of Fish and Game has consistently recommended against the lead ban, and most of them will be pretty blunt about their feelings about it off the record. In fact, if you speak one-to-one with most CA wardens, you’ll find that they don’t care much for the mountain lion ban either.
The problem, as you DO correctly point out, is the power of the “environmentalist” fringe (many of whom have no idea about real environmental science)in this state combined with the “Initiative” policies, where anything can be put on the ballot for a popular vote. It’s just about to drive me out of this state… and Texas is looking mighty good.
November 27th, 2009 at 9:10 am