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  <dc:contributor>S.L. Sheriff</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>P.H. Geissler</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>T. Roster</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>D.D. Humburg</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1982</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Shooter and shotshell effectiveness were tested during the 1979 waterfowl season at the Schell-Osage Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Missouri. Hunters who participated in the study bagged 1,967 ducks with 10,587 shots. No significant differences in bagging, crippling, or missing rates were measured among 4 Winchester 12 gauge loads: #4 buffered and unbuffered lead and #4 and #2 steel. Shooter effectiveness declined as distance increased. Crippling rates were not influenced by distance. Hunters reported good shotshell performance for all shells but indicated negative attitudes toward steel shot.</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Shotshell and shooter effectiveness: Lead vs. steel shot for duck hunting</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>