Same in WA, population is 225% greater than when I moved here in 1973. Hunting and fishing license sales are down 75%. Fish and Game wonder why they have no budget.Sierra and Hornady make a few non-toxic bullets these days--none to serve 38/55, though--or 25/20 and 32/20. I will refrain from bitter commentary about the motives of my home state for this stupidity, but mostly it's about dissuading anglers and hunters from pursuing fish & game. This ignores enthusiastically that it's sport fishing and sport hunting license fees that fund the Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, but whatever.
I used to be an avid fisherman and hunter, but the "Washington department of absolutely not" pretty much put an end to that.Same in WA, population is 225% greater than when I moved here in 1973. Hunting and fishing license sales are down 75%. Fish and Game wonder why they have no budget.