"To each his own." - and I mean no disrespect in that at all. I hate to wound an animal, be it mammal or bird, and I'm not especially fond of gore in any form.... but to me, dead is dead even if it takes a minute more. If I put a turkey on the ground and he is in his 'death throes' I just sit on him or kneel on him and his breathing, flapping, and his life... will stop.
Dense patterns will do it at any reasonable velocity, yours or mine.