Before I was old enough to use/carry a gun I had to knock all critters. Coon, possum, muskrat, beaver and fox. A good clubbing is no less humane than a bullet. Even if you didn't get em dead on the first swing (which was rare) they are out cold and didn't have a clue what was going on. May sound brutal but in reality, it's just as humane. Same goes for nose knockin and then breaking the neck or chest stomping.
I think it might have traumatized my dad though. Something about watching his 12 year old son haul back and club a coon with the baseball bat that he had gotten me for Little League made him wonder what I was gonna be like when I got older!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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