Originally Posted By: Tod Osier
Originally Posted By: Don P


Even if a diving bird eats a split shot, it just craps it out and any of the minimal amount of lead that gets into its blood stream quickly gets diluted and washed out of its system.

This is the same reasoning they banned lead shot while waterfowl hunting. The only lead that kills birds is from lead shot fired from a shotgun....which has already been banned.



Just to keep it real Don, the mechanism for lead shot is the same as sinkers. Birds INGEST the shot, it is ground in the gizzard, and the finely ground lead slurry is now absorbed. Looks like your avian digestion physiology is as good as your duck identification skills wink2.

#nonsense only if you don't understand what you are talking about.



I have inhaled lead fumes since I was probably 7 years old pouring sinkers with my Dad, and since about 3 years old biting split shot as I fished and handling lead bank sinkers. I think we can ALL AGREE there are no ascertainable negative side effects of inhaling and ingesting lead in my case. #CaseClosed!