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Article: Get the lead out. (using steel shot for waterfowl hunting) (column)
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- Outdoor Life
- Article date:
- December 1, 1984
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Shooters have to put up with the insane antics of the anti-hunters and, whenever two or more of us get together, we tend to muzzleblast each other with our own special brand of goofiness. I'm talking, of course, about steel shot. No topic known to shooting sportsmen has created more controversy, confusion, ill will, and intentional misrepresentation than steel shot. If you're confused by all the bickering about the pros and cons of steel shot for waterfowl hunting, you're not alone. The whole affair began innocently enough but, come to think of it, so did the Thirty Year War.
The problem is that duck and goose hunters seatter tons and tons of lead shot over ...