A little more than a year ago, Department of Natural Resources officials were shooting dead sheep with high-caliber lead bullets, studying to see whether the bullets fragmented upon impact, and how ...

I started hunting as a young boy, and was taught the importance of gun safety, and the ethic of respect for the animals being pursued as a keystone element of “sportsmanship.” I was taught not to pull ...

CAMDEN COUNTY, N.C. -- Bald eagles, a federally protected species, are falling victim to lead poisoning in eastern North Carolina. Lou Browning, a representative for Hatteras Island Wildlife ...

New restrictions on the sale and use of lead ammunition have been laid before Parliament and come into force in England, ...

Connor Cusack hears the question almost every day. Cusack is assistant store manager for hunting at Gander Mountain in Duluth. The questions come from deer hunters, and Cusack may hear them more often ...

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 ...

On Aug. 13, I had the great pleasure of releasing a red-tailed hawk that has been a patient at the Wildlife Center of Virginia since January 13. The bird had been felled by a hunter! No, this ...

MOORHEAD -- Beth Siverhus has hunted deer since 1976, and for the first time next year, she plans to use copper-coated bullets instead of lead. That's because the Warroad, Minn., woman also spends ...

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 ...

When a crime involves gunfire, examination of physical evidence derived from ammunition often yields key pieces of evidence used in the investigation of that crime. Firearms examination focuses on ...

EDINA, Minn. -- Alliant Techsystem's ATK ammunition division is working to perfect a no-lead bullet that kills its target but is not a threat to the environment. The work is being done at the request ...