For anyone interested, there is a proposed lead shot ban for upland and mourning dove hunting on state wildlife land in Washington. The State's concern is that wildlife is ingesting lead at the pheasant release sites, and they are using this as a springboard to close all wildlife lands. The public comment period is open until Feb 20.

I hunt with a couple of older small bore LC Smiths and would find this difficult as essentially all of my upland hunting is on state wildlife lands. I personally could use other guns and shoot steel, but man do I love those Elsies. I would welcome others input on this issue. Should I just go with "classic doubles" shot? Is there another low pressure 2-1/2" alternative? Rob.