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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Adam W" data-source="post: 1776158" data-attributes="member: 81080">I might give the pellets a try not that i think there's really an issue with BOP's picking up game i've shot  thats in my particular circumstances anyway.I cant pretend to know anything about feeding captive BOP's just i thought it might be more likely they would be exposd to lead if fed shot game compared to wild birds but maybe that doesnt really happen in reality.In my experience of preparing probably hundreds maybe thousands of shot birds i have to agree its in no way unusual to find pellets in birds but rarely more than 1or2 and the entire carcass would need to be consumed to cause a problem in many cases.I have noticed myself that i seem to find more pellets  in Pheasants than other birds i think maybe because they are relativly large targets(still not easy to hit by any means)and shot with quite small shot sizes(therefore more pellets)than most game.As i've said i'm not best qualified to comment on captive birds and i can see where the potential for a problem is with lead shot and BOP's but all i can say is what I and others have already said which is there really doesnt seem to be a problem with this particular problem in our circumstances in this country at least or i'm sure we would all be well aware of it by now.</blockquote>