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BISMARCK, N.D. – A North Dakota program that distributes venison to the needy will accept only deer killed with arrows, fearing that firearm-shot meat may contain lead fragments.
"We're calling out to bow hunters to spend a little more time in the tree stand," said Ann Pollert, executive director of the North Dakota Community Action Partnership, which administers the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program.
ND pantries to accept only archery-killed deer - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_re_us/lead_venison;_ylt=At2SVMwSktPijDdnQU2jdNJvzwcF - broken link)
It's not that they're discouraging firearm hunting, just that there are some preliminary studies that indicate lead poisoning from game consumption.
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