My experience was crocodile hunting ,i shot a croc and wounded him ,he went into the water and we went looking for him ,next thing he surfaced near our boat ! about 20 feet away ,i wanted to plug him there and then ,but the PH wouldnt let me shoot him it ,was an easy shot and at least he would have been Coup de Gras .The PH said let him go into the reeds and we will get him ,which is what the croc did and that was the last we ever saw of him