Bird shot in my Buck!!!!!!

[Boss .300 winmag]

I shot a buck on Whidbey that had a .177 lead pellet in it, probably a little ol lady geting them out gardens.

[dontgetcrabs]

I found pellets and bird shot in a couple bt's I've got.. It would bother me too if it was lead and it looked like the shot had been in there a couple years. Best way to tell if it's lead or not is to squeeze one with a pair of pliers.

You can also use a magnet.   

[huntndad]

We killed an elk a few years back with BB's all through one of the hind quarters.  We did everything we could to clean them out, and ended up making most of that quarter into burger.  It became obvious as soon as re started to run some meet throught the grinder that we missed a few. 

[patton1]

It sucks!!  My grandmother called poison control and they suggested trashing it especially if I thought it was lead. They said it could definately spread throughout the meat.  I really don't know if I want to take any kind of risk with it.  This deer is filled with BB's and many of them are down to the bone.  If it was one or two BB's I'd cut around them and keep it but they are everywhere.  I just can't believe the stupidity of people.  Even if I was to keep it, my wife won't eat any of it now and she sure won't let the kids eat any of it.  I can't blame her.   

[cascademountainhunter]

I've found .22 bullets in one my blacktail before. And like some .243 or somthin close to that in a montana antelope.

[singleshot12]

It sucks!!  My grandmother called poison control and they suggested trashing it especially if I thought it was lead. They said it could definately spread throughout the meat.  I really don't know if I want to take any kind of risk with it.  This deer is filled with BB's and many of them are down to the bone.  If it was one or two BB's I'd cut around them and keep it but they are everywhere.  I just can't believe the stupidity of people.  Even if I was to keep it, my wife won't eat any of it now and she sure won't let the kids eat any of it.  I can't blame her.   

Do you have a dog you could feed it too?  If the shot isn't lead should be fine,, heck if you don't want the meat I'll take it for my dog,hate to is it go to waste.

[sakoshooter]

Bad enough trying not to chomp on a bb in upland birds let alone a deer...I would think the meat will be fine reguardless of lead or steel. just my

I agree. Cut it up and eat it. It'll be fine.

[birdwacker]

I was cutting up the backstraps on a whitetail buck I shot and found a broadhead that just missed the spine perfectly healed up.

[shoot-em-dead]

The doe I shot this year in the battleground unit was peppered by bird shot in the front shoulder. I'm not worried aout eating it at all. P.S.- it tastes great

[ICEMAN]

Hell, I would eat it. Spit out the shot as you encounter it.

How many of us were raised on wildgame with lead shot in it? Lot's of us.

Over hyped and over worried fears about lead shot IMHO...



For my job, I had a blood test/exam for lead done on myself just three years ago....and nothing, zero, nada...

[Heredoggydoggy]

Don't hunt so close to Aunt Martha's garden and you won't get birdshot in your deer.  I think this lead shot phobia has gotten way overblown.  Hell, I used to give Chukhars to my neighbors and her boys would hold contests to see who got the most shot pellets in their bird that they were eating.  And they both grew up to be just fine....mostly.

[Armadillo]

yeah every season i find pellets in my bird meat, always have, always will

[patton1]

Personally, I wasn't worried about it all.  I'd just cut around the BB's and nasty blood as much as possible and figured it would be fine.  I know I've eaten game that had been shot before and never thought much about it.  It wasn't until after I talked to some other people that I started to think it could be an issue. My family is more important to me than wasting some deer meat and I just want to make sure I'm doing what's best for their health.

[singleshot12]

Well you probably could of been issued another tag if the meat is considered inedible, but you only have tomorrow left to hunt I think.. PM me if you do decide to chuck it, I'll take it off your hands and  feed it to my dog.

[Alchase]

Go ahead and eat it, while growing up my sisters and I use to concider it the lottery when we found shot in the ducks and geese we were eating for dinner, lol.

You will be fine, the lead did nothing to us......You will be fine, the lead did nothing to us,
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