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Information for California hunters
The California Department of Fish and Game's 2005
Deer Zone
Information sheets for each of the zones in the condor range
include a recommended list of actions to help reduce lead exposure
to condors (see info for zones A, D8, D9, D10, D11, and D13).
The California Department of Fish and Game notes the
following in the Deer Zone Information sheets:
"Following reports that lead ammunition may be
contributing to lead levels documented in wild condors, the
Department and other conservation groups are asking hunters in
condor range (portions of Kern, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Benito,
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura counties) to
reduce exposure to lead bullet fragments by following a few simple
steps:
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Retrieve all killed animals (including coyotes
and small game) from the field,
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Hide carcasses or gut piles by burying them,
covering them with brush or rocks, or placing them in an
inaccessible area,
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Remove bullets and surrounding impacted tissue
when leaving carcasses or gut piles in the field, or
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Use lead-free ammunition, in which case none of
the above is necessary."
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