That's the first 11 page thread I've ever read from first to last page. I'm LMAO at all the posts. You deserve all respect for doing what you had to do, which was put that animal down as fast as you could. Obviously not the way anyone would want to do it, but I say well done for getting it done!
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day.