With a new year underway, it can be fun trying new things with your firearms. For example, over the past year, there has been a shortage of rifle and shotgun ammunition across the state. If your ...

The danger posed by lead ammunition and whether it should be banned has been a hot debate topic for the past six months. Some say lead is an unintended killer of millions of birds and other animals ...

I almost couldn’t believe what I was seeing as my knife split the inch-and-a-half-thick gristle plate of a large California boar. My blade bisected the tiny 6mm entrance hole, a fortunate accident, ...

Muzzleloader bullets are a distinct genre in the hunting world, and modern designs allow hunters to obtain centerfire-quality accuracy. Muzzleloaders have two inherent limitations. The first, ...

Most deer hunters have not switched to non-toxic copper bullets despite studies indicating that potentially toxic lead fragments disperse up to 18 inches from the wound channel in firearms-killed deer ...

SUN PRAIRIE - A little past noon Friday the range at North Bristol Sportsman's Club went "hot." But it was no ordinary shooting session. It was a demonstration of the performance of the most common ...

ROOSEVELT, Minn.-There are few things as rewarding in hunting as getting to spend time in a deer stand with a son or a daughter. Talking in whispers, with no social media distractions-we had very poor ...

If you want to have a lively campfire discussion the next time you are in a deer camp, bring up the subject of hunting ammunition and ask which cartridge is the best. You can bet that everyone will ...

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Most hunters headed into the field will be armed with bullets made of lead. But lead is toxic for predators eating the animals that hunters shoot and leave behind.