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Yeah, I'm not too worried about this. Even if you don't find the bullet, it's pretty easy to see the bullet damage when the skin is removed, and those bits get

• nkurz 5y ago
  It may not be as easy as you think to remove all lead contaminated meat. Here's a quote from a study published by the Minnesota DNR (a decidedly pro-hunting source): "The ballistic tip bullet (rapid expansion) had the highest fragmentation rate, with an average of 141 fragments per carcass and an average maximum distance of 11 inches from the wound channel. In one carcass, a fragment was found 14 inches from the exit wound. Soft point bullets (rapid expansion) left an average of 86 fragments at an average maximum distance of 11 inches from the wound channel. In this research, bonded lead-core bullets (controlled expansion, exposed lead core) performed almost identically to the soft-core bullets and left an average of 82 fragments with an average maximum distance of nine inches from the wound." https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hunting/ammo/lead-short-summary.html https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hunting/ammo/lead-short-summary.... It's up to you how concerned you should be, but if you hunt large game with a rifle and are cutting away less than these distances, you are probably occasionally ingesting lead fragments.