I'm not into gruesome either.Just sometimes the safe shot at some distances happens to be center mass.We have a excess of them out here right now and I ride or did ride motorcycles till I had a run in with larger widlife(feral hog)!I do and attempt to head shoot rabbits if possible.I took two bucks this year both with shots to base of skull.The jacks carry fleas and other parasites so just any solid shot is satisfying.I have a vengence for hogs thats worse than rabbits after one sending me "crappie flopping" down the road at 70 mph!Game such as deer I have the greatest respect for...we have a good population of mule deer that I watch for on the road and give right of way to! Prarie dogs aren't real high on my "want to snuggle" list either.But I do try to dispatch them quickly.