It's an ongoing debate. This is a 5- or 6-year-old article from Outdoor Life. My father hunted pheasant back in the 60's and you had to chew carefully lest you bite hard into a shotgun pellet. We never considered the lead risk back then. I'm not sure what to make of the debate, but I don't eat much meat anymore, so it's a moot point.
http://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/hun ... -your-meat
Re: Game meat lead poisoning
1"Only voluntary, inspired self-restraint can raise man above the world stream of materialism. Our lives will have to change if we want to save life from self-destruction." ~ Alexander Solzhenitzyn