MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • December 6, 2020
In the early 1980s there was an initiative to ban the use of lead shot for waterfowl hunting. I, like most hunters, was adamantly opposed. Lead shot worked just fine. So far the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and all but one state have taken a sensible approach, educating first. An outright ban would not go over too well with our nation’s 12 million hunters. There are options available for those willing to make the transition. Consider this fair warning. We may hopefully be a generation away from an outright ban on lead ammunition for big-game hunting, but now is a good time to get the next generation of hunters started on alternatives. ~ Bob Humphrey