Lead Fragmentation Credit: Seung Yeon Kim/Cornell University Source: p. 2, Department of Environmental Conservation/State of New York Lead rifle bullets shatter on impact into hundreds of fragments ...

Big game hunters notice bullet performance, and all-copper bullets are proving their mettle in the field and at the range. To be honest, hunters resisted non-lead bullets for so long because they ...

Gun control’s a sticky matter, but environmentalists are hoping bullet control can speed through the legislative system. A poll of Americans shows that 57 percent support nontoxic, lead-free bullets ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is expanding statewide a multi-year cooperative study of how increased use of non-lead ammunition for deer hunting can improve the survival ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — State Assemblyman Scott Bendett (R, C-Sand Lake) is teaming up with Columbia Land Conservancy President Troy Weldy to discuss the challenges likely to emerge should the state move to ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department encourages hunters to voluntarily use non-lead ammunition. “Choosing non-lead ammunition is a ...

An effort to bring one of the world's largest birds back from the brink of extinction is expanding after northern Arizona and southern Utah found some success in getting deer hunters to use ammunition ...

ZUMWALT PRAIRIE, Ore. — Aiming a rifle loaded with a copper bullet rather than the standard type made of lead, Chelsea Cassens fired at an elk from 70 yards away, hitting it squarely behind its ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Spokesmen for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation say they don't oppose a request from federal land managers in the northwestern part of ...

The state of Indiana can’t tell Hoosiers not to use lead shot when they’re hunting, but it is asking them. Using lead bullets can threaten scavenger species such as bald eagles, according to the ...