Lead shot and Goose hunting?

[Mpal]

Hey guys, getting excited for the season opening this saturday, I was just wondering if you were allowed to use lead shot on Canadian Geese or not? We will not be hunting over water, but in a field. Any insight?

Thanks

 

[Gillshot]

No lead for waterfowl, non-toxic only.

 

[HuntNL]

Definitely not!

 

[rookie wildcat]

Don't apply common sense. Lead shot is toxic to the fish in those grain fields.

 

[CV32]

Unless you're one of a special few who can shoot them with (up to) a .22 cal rifle or use a raptor, its non-toxic shot or a bow and arrow for the rest of us.

 

[Mpal]

Don't apply common sense. Lead shot is toxic to the fish in those grain fields.

haha this gave me a good laugh, essentially exactly what i was thinking. I figured so, but I had a box of lead shot laying around and wanted to see if i could use it or not. Thanks for the info guys!

 

[BigUglyMan]

Hey guys, getting excited for the season opening this saturday, I was just wondering if you were allowed to use lead shot on Canadian Geese or not? We will not be hunting over water, but in a field. Any insight?

Thanks

Welcome to 1998.

 

[squirrelshooter]

Who's allowed to shoot them with a .22?

 

[DrWho]

Who's allowed to shoot them with a .22?

Our wonderful First Nation hunters the "keepers of the land"

 

[CV32]

Welcome to 1998.

I think it was September 1, 1999, but your point is made.

 

[Mpal]

I think it was September 1, 1999, but your point is made.

What am i missing? what happened in 1999?

 

[thepolinator]

What am i missing? what happened in 1999?

I believe that is when the rule changed to prohibit the use of toxic shot on migratory birds.

 

[HuntNL]

The exception being woodcock.

 

[nowarningshot]

haha this gave me a good laugh, essentially exactly what i was thinking. I figured so, but I had a box of lead shot laying around and wanted to see if i could use it or not. Thanks for the info guys!

Grouse burger with #2 lead goose shot....thats legal. So are the factories that put out more lead into the atmosphere from their pipes every day than waterfowl hunters would in a year. Clear as mud.

 

[wood800]

Lead was better, steel sucks but I use it

 

[thepolinator]

What I find especially stupid is that mourning doves require non-toxic shot.

 

[tylerjwitty]

But lead weights are ok on down riggers , commercial fishing and sport fishing . It's very understandable .... Isn't it

 

[TPK]

But lead weights are ok on down riggers , commercial fishing and sport fishing . It's very understandable .... Isn't it

...at least for now they are, there is a "push" to ban lead fishing weights and the topic resurfaces every once in a while. Not sure how many times you have to flush for these 3hitty ideas to go where they belong ...

 

[Big Bad]

Don't apply common sense. Lead shot is toxic to the fish in those grain fields.

Actually it's toxic to dabbling and grazing waterfowl who swallow it, grind it up in their crops, poison themselves, and hopefully die before humans try to eat them.

The exception being woodcock.

And mourning doves!

 

[FishHog]

But lead weights are ok on down riggers , commercial fishing and sport fishing . It's very understandable .... Isn't it

Well really those are large enough that they aren't eaten by birds so It does actually make sense. Lead is a naturally element in nature. Its the edible sizes that present the real hazard.