Carl Batha, a retired DNR wildlife biologist, helped lead the workshop. He said his experience with copper bullets began last year when he "snuck a new .270 in the house" and wanted to load his own ...

Hunters are being urged to stop using lead bullets because bald eagles and other wildlife that consume carcasses left behind are often sickened by lead poisoning. Late fall and early winter is deer ...

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 ...

Davis says lead-core bullets designed to expand rapidly cause too much meat damage. Hammer Bullets are designed with hollow points that upon impact lose “petals” of copper surrounding the empty space ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Deer hunters are slow to switch to non-toxic copper bullets despite studies indicating that potentially toxic lead fragments disperse up to 18 inches from the wound channel in firearms ...

I recently tested and hunted with a new copper-solid bullet from Lehigh Defense that might combine the best of both copper and lead-core bullets. It holds enough weight to penetrate deep into tissue, ...

Late fall and early winter are deer hunting seasons in many parts of the U.S. Most hunters headed into the field will be armed with bullets made of lead. But lead is toxic for predators eating animals ...