With a rifle’@50-100 yards absolutely but no further or closer. The sight and smell of it is a lot less offensive than a gut shot deer. Never really had one move a muscle after impact. Now listen close, never under any circumstance do it with a bow. I did when I was younger and it still haunts me if I think about it. After a lot of chasing and 2 arrows later she finally stopped moving. Dear God I still ask for your forgiveness for that terrible day in February in the swamps of S Louisiana.