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> The ethical thing is to deliver a clean kill - which requires a weapon. Isn’t a knife also well suited to this purpose? Assuming the animal is on the ground

> The ethical thing is to deliver a clean kill - which requires a weapon. Isn’t a knife also well suited to this purpose? Assuming the animal is on the ground and not able to move well. Though I guess it depends how injured they are

bluGill 3y ago
No. An animal is unpredictable and can still kick.
- krisoft 3y ago
  One could argue that the fact that the animal which you are trying to kill has a chance of hurting you back makes that the only sporting option.