[va-bird] Re: Neabsco Creek (Goose Hunting) & Leesylvania SP

In a message dated 1/26/03 8:40:45 AM Central Standard Time, 
Flyfishgrl@xxxxxxx writes:


>  Lead shot was much 
> more humane killing instantly. 
> 
> 
Not the way some people shoot. If a steel shot hits it's mark, it is just as 
lethal as lead. If you wing shoot a bird with lead, it can live for years as 
a cripple. The Common Eiders that nest in Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts 
probably got colonized by cripples. They were fine and healthy birds but 
couldn't fly. That probably goes for the ones that breed on Boston Harbor's 
outer islands. I spent a day trying to find one cripple hen Mallard in the 
East Sandwich marsh on Cape Cod that I shot with lead. Luckily, I found it 
but as you know, most rot. I have also killed healthy flying ducks and found 
someone else's shot in the bird. 
                                                                         Bob 
Abrams
Bob Abrams
McLean, Virginia
                                                                              
 


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