On 1/9/2012 8:14 PM, Norm West wrote:
>
> As a proud tree hugger, I'm happy to share the news that our Dems 
> platform committee approved (with only one dissenting vote) a 
> resolution to ban lead in all ammunition and fishing tackle with the 
> IDNR designated to disseminate educational material concerning the 
> toxcicity of lead and of non-lead alternatives.
>
> And as for the lead ammo to be used in dove hunting...well, the way 
> our dove hunting law was railroaded through at the last minute tagged 
> onto an unrelated bill was not what the majority of Iowans wanted. 
>  Will be interesting to see how many county conventions pass a 
> resolution this year to repeal the Iowa dove hunting law.
>
> As a hunter who shoots wildlife with a camera instead of to kill, I 
> can only say that whatever (if any) difficulties in accuracy in using 
> non-lead ammo that arise how do we know it's not the lack of skill on 
> the part of the hunter rather than the non-lead ammo?  Canada geese 
> and sandhill cranes are a couple of grazers in areas where doves and 
> pheasants and quail a likely to be shot at and can pick up the wayward 
> pellets as possible seeds though I know of no controlled studies on 
> this scenario.
>
> Lead is a known toxin and has been banned from use in paint and 
> gasoline.  It has been shown in several wildlife studies to be present 
> in many species of scavengers, usually to their demise unless found 
> early on.  We do know that hundreds (possibly thousands) of bald 
> eagles all over the country get poisoned with lead from ammunition or 
> fishing tackle every year due to their ingesting it in animals they eat.
>
> It continually defies reasoning to me how the vast majority of 
> Iowans--hunters, birders, farmers, as well as tree huggers--claim to 
> be, or try to be good stewards of our natural resources and then so 
> many fight measures toot-and-nail to that end.
>
> Susan West
>
>
> Eagles eat fishing tackle?

>
> On Jan 9, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Cindy Hildebrand wrote:
>
>> As a volunteer who worked on the lead-shot issue in Iowa for many 
>> hours over many months back in the 1980s, and went to a number of 
>> related hearings and meetings, I must respectfully disagree with the 
>> following statement:  " Hunters quickly embraced this solution 
>> because it was good for waterfowl."  Some hunters embraced it, 
>> but some hunters fought very hard against it.  I'd bet that some 
>> others who worked on the issue remember that also.
>> Cindy
>>
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