Trump Reverses Lead Ammo Ban
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Lead ammo on federal land has been a back-and-forth fight for years — mostly fought by people who've never worried about whether a box of Barnes copper was in stock at the local shop before a September elk hunt.
"Lead ammo isn't magic — it's just cheap, consistent, and does exactly what a hunting round needs to do: hold together enough to fire, then deform on impact to put game down cleanly. Alternatives exist, but they cost more and aren't always available at every counter in every caliber."
This is the part that gets glossed over every time someone pushes copper-only rules. If you're hunting a remote unit and the one gas station sporting goods rack doesn't carry your caliber in a lead-free option, you've got a problem that policy didn't account for. Availability and price aren't afterthoughts — they're the whole ballgame for most hunters.
"Restricting the most common, most affordable hunting ammunition on public land functions as a de facto restriction on the right to hunt with the tools people actually own and can afford to practice with."
That's a solid way to frame it. A rule that prices you off public land without technically banning anything still prices you off public land.
For anyone hunting federal ground in Idaho this fall — have you actually run into lead restrictions on specific refuges or parcels, or was most of this still working through the pipeline before it got reversed?
Read the full article in The Handbook → | By Steve Duskett
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