Can shot from a shotgun shell used to kill wild game build up in your body over time?
968310
Bound's hubby here:\n\nI have to differ with the people above. For about the first fifteen years of my life, my family was living heavily off of upland game taken by shotguns. This would include rabbit, pheasant, quail, duck, and the occasional deer. All shot with lead and none of it shot with steel or the modern blends.\n\nIt's hard to believe a person could eat game and not notice shot in their mouth while they were chewing the meat. You just spit it out. While preparing the game, you would see the entry points and most of the shot would pass through. \n\nThe concern about lead contamination is generally associated with lead dust. None of us suffered from lead poisoning. We never had to toss meat because of lead contamination. Lead shot is so small, in most instances, it should pass through your body. I doubt you have to worry about a pile of lead accumulating in your tummy. \n\nGame shot with lead shot is safe. The reason waterfowlers have to use "non-toxic" steel shot or bismuth is because of ingestion by bottom feeders which is more an anti-gun campaign than a health issue.\n\nBefore I worried about ingesting game shot by lead, I would be more concerned about all the food at the grocery stores that was steroid enhanced! There is a greater risk of complications from second hand steroid ingestion than game killed by lead shot.
375278
You can get protein poisoning. Seriously. For example if you out in the wild and the only animal you could catch is rabbit... because of the low fat content and they are so high in protein you can actually get poisoned over a couple months.
1000401
No, but it will make yur body and face just about dry and shrivel to nothing. The poison in it will cause bad pore spots Why would anyone be stupid enough to mess with something that kills in the long run.
499237
For survival as far as finding food?  Or killing your enemies out in the wild?  Generally for outdoor survival you don't need to worry about food-you can go many weeks without any food at all, and months with a seriously reduced diet.\nAs far as killing enemies-the most effective means are simple traps based on snares for small animals.  Just set the trip-snare to cause injury.  The most effect sort of injury-inducing trap like this would be something that strikes the head/neck area.  Even if there isnt a great deal of force (for example, a bent branch), as long as you can penetrate the skin, you may be able to poison the person or cause a severe infection (by smearing feces on the spikes, for example) or, if you are lucky, partially or fully blinding the person.  If you have the equipment, even fairly shallow deadfalls with sharpened sticks in the bottom can be debilitating-but you have to lure the person over the deadfall.  The only effective weapons that can be made without a great deal of practice are things such as spears and other throwing weapons.  One fairly effective weapon like this (also used to disable small mammals) is to take two sticks, anywhere from 1-2 inches in diameter, and about 1 foot each-sharpen both ends, and tie them together in an "X" shape- With a surprising short amount of practice, this can be quite effective as a hunting tool or weapon.
656720
there is a study done that IF you drink only bottled water, your body immunity goes down after a while.  This is due to the fact that you are constantly drinking filtered water and your body gets used to having the most essential food/fluid namely water in a very sterile form.  This makes your body get more and more used to a sterile environment and your body reacts to this by getting lazier and lazier.  Think this way, no excercise, your muscles become flab.  Anyway doctors recommend that you drink tap water from time to time just to help build immunity.\n\nI used to think this was false until I started to read up on my pet triton cockatoo.  Many sites said that washing your cage every other day to keep it spic and span is not the best for your bird since it needs to build immunity. And it's not possible in a extremely clean environment.  I think you can apply the same reasoning to bottled water.\n\nAs for the amount, I don't know and have never read it myself.  But I am sure a quart or two of it won't kill you. Most likely it will help you.
487737
hahahahaha, when i was 12, i had my .22 and Winchester 16 gauge shotgun.  It just depends.  When i was 12, i had 2 uncles that whenever i would shoot around, i would go all apeshit nervous about not screwing up and i would always do semi-unsafe things.  I never hurt anything besides game, but i took hunters safety and knew perfectally right from wrong w/ guns, but i would feel so intimidated by them, so i would *uck up now and then, but i was only human.
220045
I almost got shot with a shotgun that went off while it was being clean , the person who was cleaning it didn't know there was a shell still in the gun and he pulled the trigger he had it aim at my head when it went off I was really lucky that day because just as it went off I dropped something and bent down to pick it up , it just missed me and blew out the window
865048
USE SLUGS NOT BUCK SHOT!!!!!
667143
Many states have strict laws against hunting with your vehicle.  It gives the hunter an unfair advantage and usually creates more problems.  Most of the time there will be damage to private property (driving through someones fields)  I know in Alaska when someone hits a moose (trust me, NOBODY would do this on purpose!) the state troopers call local churches and charities to see if they want the carcass.  If there is not a non-profit to take the animal, they call private citizens who have placed themselves on a waiting list to get "roadkill".  Many people will not take a road killed animal because of the chance of the stomach and intestines having burst.  If the stomach or intestines(well, almost any internal organ) burst, they spill toxic chemicals like bile and stomach acids into the meat, spoiling it for consumption.  Many people feel real hunters don't need to use something as large as a car or truck.
970705
Hit the sace bar, and then hit again to shoot
731537
The smart aleck answer is "It depends on where the squirrel is."  But--if you're serious...\n\n\nIf you shoot it in the head, you don't damage any meat.
127225
I have several shotguns and other guns.it depends on how you keep the ammo.in a.c. or out in the garage. If moisture gets to the shells I would not use. I would not recommend keeping shells longer then 5 years though.
958834
nitro mags are used for geese and turkeys (shot) you need slugs (single projectile)
233004
i have the same problem and i posted here about it.  they said that it comes with age and some are real shooters and some are not.  but i would definitely like to go back how it used to be.\n\nduring sex, im quite sure that sometimes i ejaculated with a much faster velocity since i can feel it.  few months ago, i was out of town and i have to do it alone, i was so aroused that it shot like it used to.  so i guess, other than age, level of arousal also plays a part.
1073004
Why? You want to shoot up or something?? That can kill you. Fyi.
704726
Here's one that hasn't been mentioned: lead pellets from shotguns.  After they fall to the ground, the pellets are often eaten by birds, which in turn get eaten by predators, etc.  In the U.S, federal regulations require the use of non-lead shot when hunting migratory waterfowl.  Stainless steel shot is often used for the purpose.  Bismuth shot is used too.  It has very good performance, but is expensive.  The hunting of non-migratory birds and small game isn't subject to the federal regulations, and  lead shot is normally used on them.
165023
Shotguns always worked best for me because there's no way they can come back to life after that :)