Saw a feature on the news this morning about how many trumpeter swans have been dying from lead poisoning because the swans inhabit one of the Abby lakes out that way that has a very high lead content. The farmers are asking that shot gun shells be made with shot other than lead since the birds are mistaking it for grit. You'd think they'd know that it already has,,,,guess not.

I can't remember when the switch was made but I know it's been a good long time since the regulation came out where steel shot must be used to hunt waterfowl instead of lead shot so I gotta ask. Are there still hunters out there who are trying to use up the rest of their old lead shot shells or are these ponds still being affected with lead poisoning from when lead shot was still being used so long ago?