Mar 12, 2020
Kodi Jo Jaspers is a hunter and wildlife biologist whose master's work focused on understanding the effect of residual lead from ammunition on non-target species. This week on Artemis, Kodi Jo joins us to talk about her transition from lead to copper ammo, and what she's learned in the process.
3:00 - we all want a bigger freezer!
4:00 - urban carnivores
5:30 - fishing with Dad, then hunting
7:30 - horse packing way out into the wop-wops, learning to bow hunt, and hearing a bull elk respond to your call... these are the good things in life
10:00 - what happens to the lead in your ammo after you shoot an animal?
13:00 - lead bullets are designed to fragment on impact
15:30 - does lead poisoning in wildlife come from fishing tackle, too?
16:00 - Orvis makes non-leaded line weights and fly tying wire
17:20 - retrieving and claiming lost flies = the angler's equivalent of shed hunting
18:30 - what's the scoop on copper bullets?
20:00 - North American Non-Lead Partnership [nonleadpartnership.org] does ammo demos around the country
21:00 - "Copper vs. Lead" video AND Non-lead Hunt to Eat shirt
22:00 - What if you have a stockpile of lead ammo? Maybe the shooting range is calling your name!
23:20 – Take the Lead on Lead blog post by Kodi Jo
24:00 - first non-lead hunt... wowzers
28:00 – non-lead shot for turkey season... it's kind of fun to putter around and test new stuff at the range!
28:20 - New York Times article with Artemis ambassador Chelsea Cassens
32:00 - Smoked trout roe, everyone!
33:00 – NWF’s Women in Conservation Leadership summit postpones due to coronavirus