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Forest Service offering rebate to deer hunters who shoot lead-safe ammo in condor range
10/1/03
Jim Matthews
GOLETA -- The Los Padres National Forest will kick off a pilot program to encourage hunters to use "gutpile safe" ammunition while hunting deer in portions of forest in an effort to reduce the amount of lead condors pick up while foraging in the region.
Under the "Help Get the Lead Out Rebate Program," all big-game hunters in deer hunting zone D-13 (Ojai and Mount Pinos Ranger Districts) who use solid copper Barnes X-Bullets loaded into some lines of Federal and PMC hunting ammunition or Winchester Fail Safe rifle ammunition will be eligible to apply for a $15 rebate on the purchase of the alternative ammunition.
The program is aimed at helping endangered species such as the California condor and other wildlife that are susceptible to lead poisoning from eating lead bullet particles in game remains, according to Maeton Freel, wildlife biologist for Los Padres National Forest. X-Bullets and Fail Safe bullets do not leave lead residue in gut piles or blood-shot meat hunters leave in the field. Freel said the Forest Service views the rebate program as a way to encourage hunters to try the lead free bullets. "We understand that non-lead ammunition performs every bit as well, if not better, than traditional rifle bullets, but it is more expensive," explained Freel. "We thought a rebate to cover the added cost might be a good incentive to try the lead-free bullets." Freel said the first 200 applicants in the "Help Get the Lead Out Rebate Program" will receive the $15 rebate. There is a limit of one rebate per hunter.
Rebate requests must be in writing and include the following documentation: 1) the original ammunition purchase receipt; 2) original or photocopy of the ammunition box end-flap showing the caliber, bullet type and manufacturer; 3) a photocopy of the applicant's 2003 D-13 hunting tag; 4) applicant's name and mailing address. Rebate requests should be mailed to: Help Get the Lead Out Rebate Program, Los Padres National Forest, 6755 Hollister Avenue, Suite 150, Goleta, CA 93117. They must be postmarked by November 15, 2003. For more information about the "Help Get the Lead Out Rebate Program" in Los Padres National Forest, call (805) 968-6640. Hunters who do not want to shoot X-Bullets or Fail Safes can still help condors or other scavenging birds by either burying the gut piles or placing them in areas where condors won't feed on them, such as in brush or steep canyons.
10/1/03
Jim Matthews
GOLETA -- The Los Padres National Forest will kick off a pilot program to encourage hunters to use "gutpile safe" ammunition while hunting deer in portions of forest in an effort to reduce the amount of lead condors pick up while foraging in the region.
Under the "Help Get the Lead Out Rebate Program," all big-game hunters in deer hunting zone D-13 (Ojai and Mount Pinos Ranger Districts) who use solid copper Barnes X-Bullets loaded into some lines of Federal and PMC hunting ammunition or Winchester Fail Safe rifle ammunition will be eligible to apply for a $15 rebate on the purchase of the alternative ammunition.
The program is aimed at helping endangered species such as the California condor and other wildlife that are susceptible to lead poisoning from eating lead bullet particles in game remains, according to Maeton Freel, wildlife biologist for Los Padres National Forest. X-Bullets and Fail Safe bullets do not leave lead residue in gut piles or blood-shot meat hunters leave in the field. Freel said the Forest Service views the rebate program as a way to encourage hunters to try the lead free bullets. "We understand that non-lead ammunition performs every bit as well, if not better, than traditional rifle bullets, but it is more expensive," explained Freel. "We thought a rebate to cover the added cost might be a good incentive to try the lead-free bullets." Freel said the first 200 applicants in the "Help Get the Lead Out Rebate Program" will receive the $15 rebate. There is a limit of one rebate per hunter.
Rebate requests must be in writing and include the following documentation: 1) the original ammunition purchase receipt; 2) original or photocopy of the ammunition box end-flap showing the caliber, bullet type and manufacturer; 3) a photocopy of the applicant's 2003 D-13 hunting tag; 4) applicant's name and mailing address. Rebate requests should be mailed to: Help Get the Lead Out Rebate Program, Los Padres National Forest, 6755 Hollister Avenue, Suite 150, Goleta, CA 93117. They must be postmarked by November 15, 2003. For more information about the "Help Get the Lead Out Rebate Program" in Los Padres National Forest, call (805) 968-6640. Hunters who do not want to shoot X-Bullets or Fail Safes can still help condors or other scavenging birds by either burying the gut piles or placing them in areas where condors won't feed on them, such as in brush or steep canyons.
