Danish pheasant and mallard hunters comply with the lead shot ban

摘要

Examples of X-ray output. Top, left: Pheasant carcass from the 2017 sample with 11 embedded steel shot, 17 ingested bismuth shot and 1 ingested steel shot. Top, right: Pheasant carcass with a fragmented bismuth shot (in red circle). Plate 15: Top row: No 1, 2 and 4: Predicted to be steel shot (due to low deformation and no fragmentation) but identified as bismuth shot. 3. Predicted to be bismuth shot (due to rather small size) but identified as lead shot. Bottom row right: Predicted to be steel (due to large size, low deformation and no fragmentation), and identified as steel shot