Proposed lead fishing tackle restriction

[dan hufferd]

I was wondering when this would happen. I was also wondering how many layers of lead sinkers and shot are down there🤔

[tjm]

I don't guess that I even know of any Federal  Refuges that I could fish in, so I can't see this having any effect on my tackle. But, since USFW is a politically controlled agency of the President, the rules can change at any time or with any election. 

[fishinwrench]

Nobody is ever going to be out there checking the lead content of anyone's fishing tackle, any more than they are going to be checking the felt content of anyone's wading boots.

Has anyone ever had a hand loaded shotshell confiscated so it can be cut open and examined ?   Bet not.   

Lead is here to stay, in whatever shape or form that a person wants.   

[DADAKOTA]

Why cut it open.  Slap a magnet to it and best hope it sticks.

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, DADAKOTA said:

Why cut it open.  Slap a magnet to it and best hope it sticks.

So as long as it has 2-3 steel pellets in it.... 😉

[BilletHead]

13 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Nobody is ever going to be out there checking the lead content of anyone's fishing tackle, any more than they are going to be checking the felt content of anyone's wading boots.

Has anyone ever had a hand loaded shotshell confiscated so it can be cut open and examined ?   Bet not.   

Lead is here to stay, in whatever shape or form that a person wants.   

               Never been checked before for that but know guys that have been. I have been checked for empties coming out of fields. Pick up your empties they are checking so you don't trash places. I get it. Old paper shells will go back to nature and the steel will break down. The brass will take a few years but the plastic is here forever. In the duck parks I have seen rafts of shells and wads washed up on shore. I have not been asked for picking up wads but I have found a few and pick them up. It is not hard to pick up after yourself. Loss happens and I have not found them all but try. Litterbugs are only one step above a thief IMO.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, BilletHead said:

               Never been checked before for that but know guys that have been. I have been checked for empties coming out of fields. Pick up your empties they are checking so you don't trash places. I get it. Old paper shells will go back to nature and the steel will break down. The brass will take a few years but the plastic is here forever. In the duck parks I have seen rafts of shells and wads washed up on shore. I have not been asked for picking up wads but I have found a few and pick them up. It is not hard to pick up after yourself. Loss happens and I have not found them all but try. Litterbugs are only one step above a thief IMO.

How successful have you been at collecting all that lead you left in the tree bark?   😁 

I probably have littered 6lbs. worth of lead Clouser eyes in Gravois creek.  

How should I properly dispose of my giant styrofoam target backstop ?  

[bfishn]

11 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

 

...How should I properly dispose of my giant styrofoam target backstop ?  

Run it thru a leaf shredder, stuff it in a pillowcase and call it a MyPillow.

[BilletHead]

42 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

How successful have you been at collecting all that lead you left in the tree bark?   😁 

I probably have littered 6lbs. worth of lead Clouser eyes in Gravois creek.  

How should I properly dispose of my giant styrofoam target backstop ?  

             I am by far not wanting the lead ban in most situations so lets not point fingers partner. In the waterfowl lead ban as much as I like my lead for game its a must because of the sheer density in areas where waterfowl feed.  Now where it's spread out more especially on private property where hunting pressure is nil to none let the lead fly. Lead is a natural product from mother nature. I have eaten more than a few pellets in my lifetime and maybe this is why I am like I am. (beat ya to it).  Be thankful you don't live in California where lead bullets are not legal in most places. Better yet why don't you transfer out there for a spell and let them catch the wrath of Gravois Mills. Give us a break here on OAF. HA just joking you know.  Burn that Styrofoam backstop and take a whiff of the fumes. I am sure in your business you have inhaled worse and are still with us. Moderation is the key in most things in life but I'm sure there are some more vulnerable to certain things natural, and man-made. The young for a start. 

   On another note we had a member on here my friend Richard who is passed now who helped a friend reclaim lead on trap and skeet ranges. He ran a dump truck and hauled dirt to sifters that took the shot out of the soil and then soil was put back. It's a big business and literally tons of lead was reclaimed. Both the ranges made money as well as the cleanup crew.  Heck just take a minute to think every box of 1 1/8 ounces of lead is just shy of two pounds of lead. When I shot trap went through four boxes at a time easy depending on the shoot. Now multiply that by number of shooters during a match for one night! Good grief trap and skeet ranges could be classified as a toxic waste site. 

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, BilletHead said:

Better yet why don't you transfer out there for a spell and let them catch the wrath of Gravois Mills. Give us a break here on OAF. HA just joking you know. 

Umm hmm.  

A break from what?  Reality? 😂 

Not a chance.  😘